Cycle of Human Development 7
Links to Previous Blogs on Cycle of Human Development are given at the end of this blog.
What is personality development? Personality is the manner in which the 'psychic' structures organise and generate responses to external and internal stimuli. Personality Development represents the manner in which these structures grow as organised wholes. Personality Development also represents the work we do on ourselves in order to put right the dysfunctional mechanisms, that spontaneously get activated much to our chagrin*. It also represents our ability to respond to reality sanely, safely, effectively, appropriately and beneficially to the advantage of all parties (reality means any thing that affects us).
This background helps us understand how growth specific tasks help in improved neurological growth and development, and as a consequence, our personality development.
Fr. George Kandathil lists the growth, development and activation of ego state entities during our growth years.
Stage Ego Stage
This background helps us understand how growth specific tasks help in improved neurological growth and development, and as a consequence, our personality development.
Fr. George Kandathil lists the growth, development and activation of ego state entities during our growth years.
Stage Ego Stage
- Being Natural Child
- Doing Little Professor
- Thinking Adult
- Identity Parent in Child - Electrode
- Skills Parent
- Integration Parent
It pays to understand human development and as a consequence personality development in the context of Brain Development.
The primary structures of the brain develop from around the sixth week after conception to the ninth month after birth. The brain continues to grow, develop and mature to the age of 25 years of age. The qualities of rational thinking, good judgement and awareness of long term consequences are available for use thereafter. Until then the connections between the emotional part of the brain and the decision making centres are still developing and not at the same rate in all. (Rochester Universtity Medical Centre Article). Here are some gifts that come from around the age of 22 onward:
- Attention - It is the ability to focus on one thing and ignoring distrations.
- Complex Planning - It involves Daily, Weekly, Monthly and Annual Planning.
- Decision Making - The ability to think logically and making calculated assessments.
- Impulse Control - Mastering Self-Discipline and freedom from Impulsiveness.
- Logical Thinking - Thinking logically and rationally free of emotional influence.
- Organised Thinking - Sorting of thoughts and their organisation into bundles.
- Personality Development - Personality Development continues to the age of 30 years.
- Risk Management - Assessing long term benefits from short term risks.
- Short Term Memory - Cognitive function and improved memory capacity.
From the perspective of growth, development and maturation it is safe to say that:
- We use time of the first 13 year cycle (birth to 13 years) in growth, the second 13 year cycle (13 to 26 years) in development and the third 13 year cycle (26-39 years) in maturation.
- Simultaneously we use time of the first 19 year cycle (birth to 19 years) in growth and development and the second 19 year cycle (19 to 38 years) in development and maturation.
All of us who are more than 45 years of age will quietly agree that we have been most affected in terms of physical health and psychological well being and making our relationships in various configurations work from our age of 40 years onward.
It is never too late. Every day is a good day to make a new beginning. The Ages and Stages are given here for ready reference.
You may click to read the next blog: Cycle of Development - Putting it together where I have made an effort to put the contents of the many blogs into one blog.
*Chagrin = annoyance, distress, causing humiliation, becoming angry and annoyed.
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