Motivation Traditional theories of personality are structural accounts of behavior and behaviorists look at past and present behaviors and do not refer to internal structures to account for behavior (Phelps, 2015). Strategies, plans, goals, values, and other constructs, are considered characteristic adaptations that are mainly associated with motivational aspects (McAdams & Olson, 2010). According to many personality psychologists, people are self-regulating and organize their lives around goal attainment; they make choices and will their identities into existence (McAdams & Olson, 2010). Implicit motivations are motivations that are not accessible by the conscious and are defined as “changes in experience, thought, or action that are attributable to a person’s motivational
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Maturation Experiences are not distributed randomly, but are rather shaped by socioeconomic status, gender, religion, ethnicity, etc., and the ability to account for mechanisms that allow stability and change, or allow maturation of the personality is imperative (Stryker, 2007). In 2006 a meta-analysis was conducted on 92 longitudinal studies that analyzed trait scores on the FFM between ages 10 and 70; conscientiousness scores showed gradual but steady increases, and agreeableness increased slowly and nonsignificantly up to age 50 and showed a sharp increase between ages 50-60 before leveling off again, neuroticism tended to decrease to age 40 before leveling off (McAdams & Olson, 2010). It has been hypothesized that these changes may reflect an investment in normal social roles, and also hypothesized that humans may be genetically programmed to mature in these ways (McAdams & Olson, 2010).
Biblical Integration
Various examples of personality theory and personality development can be seen throughout the Bible. The first portion of personality theory that will be discussed is nature versus nurture. The primary
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Maturation Experiences are not distributed randomly, but are rather shaped by socioeconomic status, gender, religion, ethnicity, etc., and the ability to account for mechanisms that allow stability and change, or allow maturation of the personality is imperative (Stryker, 2007). In 2006 a meta-analysis was conducted on 92 longitudinal studies that analyzed trait scores on the FFM between ages 10 and 70; conscientiousness scores showed gradual but steady increases, and agreeableness increased slowly and nonsignificantly up to age 50 and showed a sharp increase between ages 50-60 before leveling off again, neuroticism tended to decrease to age 40 before leveling off (McAdams & Olson, 2010). It has been hypothesized that these changes may reflect an investment in normal social roles, and also hypothesized that humans may be genetically programmed to mature in these ways (McAdams & Olson, 2010).
Biblical Integration
Various examples of personality theory and personality development can be seen throughout the Bible. The first portion of personality theory that will be discussed is nature versus nurture. The primary