I take developmental psychology, which is a class that discusses the entire life span, which is from contraception to death. Womb to the tomb! I'm always excited for this class. Learning in this class is such a privilege. We talked about temperament.Temperament refers to characteristics of personality that we are inherently born with. There are 3 types: Easy-going, slow to warm up, and difficult. Easy going infants are cheery and positive. They adapt QUICKLY to change. Slow to warm up infants are sensitive; furthermore, they are slow to adapt and approach different situations. When they enter a new situation, they get a little anxiety. For example, Mommy says, "let's go out!!" The child will say, "no, i want to play with my toys." And they will cry for ten minutes then go with their mom. Last but not least, difficult. They are impulsive and difficult to please. I could say that they are insatiable because a difficult child could cry and throw tantrums allover the place. These people are usually delinquents and trouble makers.
Now, I want to talk about personality types, there are 2 basic types : A and B. Type A personalities, PLEASE take a breath! An individual will die sooner because there is so much stress in the body, leading to chronic failure. These personalities are characterized as competitive, ambitious, impatient, and aggressive. You'll see lots of CEO's and businessmen with this kind of personality. Type B is characterized as chill: relaxed, patient, friendly, and steady.
Now, how does this all tie in and correlate with each other? Well, TEMPERAMENTS are BIOLOGICAL! We are born with it! We can't change it, it helps shape our environment and form our personality type. I, for example, have a slow to warm up temperament. It didn't take me long to realize how SLOW I adapt to situations. Also, I am sensitive: slow to warm ups do have trust issues, but my personality is type B. We did an assessment to figure out our personality types, and my score is 75! Type B's are mushy, loving, caring, compassionate, and they get easily used because we are so positive and "chill". Well, that's me!
I'm glad I took this course because it made me realize who I am. I hope you figure out your temperament/ personality type and how to cope with it. For type A's, PLEASE take a breath and don't work too hard. My sister took the test and she is a right on type A with a score of 125. I do feel her aura, her stress levels seem high! And she gets mad, yells, cusses at all of us...I don't blame her. That's her personality. The only 3 ways to cope with stress is to: Diet, exercise, and take time alone with yourself. Take 30 minutes to meditate. Take 30 minutes to be alone in the park. Just. Relax. Take it easy, please. The majority of my family is type A! I'm blessed to be type B. What is your type?
