Chapter 1 for students psycology of success

Psychology and Success Chapter 1

“What lies behind us and what lies before

us are small matters compared to what lies within us.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher

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Learning Objectives • Define success. • List several personal qualities that help people

to be happy. • Define psychology and cite its four major

goals. • Explain the relationship between thoughts,

feelings, and actions. • Define self, self-image, and identity. • Describe the components of identity.

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What is Success?

Success: a lifetime of personal fulfillment.

Success Secrets • Success is a journey, not a destination. • Money and fame don’t equal success.

Activity 1: What Success Means to You

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Ingredients of Success 1. Self-Awareness Appreciating your personal

values, qualities, skills and interests.

2. Self-Direction Setting a goal and working toward it.

3. Self-Esteem Respecting oneself.

4. Positive Thinking Focusing on future possibilities to propel yourself toward your goals.

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Ingredients of Success continued… 5. Self-Discipline Daily personal effort

putting your plans into action.

6. Self-Motivation Getting and staying motivated. Moving forward despite fears.

7. Positive Relationships Healthy relationships with friends, family, and co-workers.

Personal Journal 1.1 Ingredients of Success

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Who is a Success? • In society, it is not always obvious who are

truly successful people.

• Role Model Person who has qualities you would like to have.

Success Secrets • Always make time for relationships. • Adults need role models, too.

Activity 2: Role Model

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Success and Happiness • Happiness The natural experience of

winning your self-respect and the respect of others.

• Outside factors—wealth, youth, physical attractiveness, etc., have little effect on happiness.

Success Secret • Create your own opportunities for happiness.

Activity 3: How Happy Are You?

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Positive Qualities • Another way to boost your happiness is to develop

personal qualities that will help you enjoy life and cope with challenges.

• Psychologists have identified the following qualities:

ability to love, vocation, courage, trust, optimism, future-mindedness, social skills, aesthetic sensibility, work ethic, honesty, emotional awareness, persistence, forgiveness, creative thinking, spirituality, self-esteem and wisdom.

Success Secret • Try new ways of thinking and doing.

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Understanding Psychology • Psychology Scientific study of human

behavior.

• Behavior Anything that you think, feel or do.

• Goals of Psychology Describe, predict, explain, and (in some cases) change human behavior.

Success Secret • Studying psychology helps you understand

yourself and others.

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Explaining Human Behavior Why do people think, feel and act the way they do?

• Nervous system Regulates thoughts, feelings and actions.

• Conscious Mind The part of the brain that controls the mental processes of which we are aware.

• Subconscious Mind The part of the brain that controls the mental processes of which we are not actively aware.

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Thoughts, Feelings, and Actions • Cognition (thought) Mental processing of

information in any form.

• Includes: perceiving, recognizing, remembering, reasoning, solving problems, making decisions, forming concepts, visualizing.

• Emotion (feeling) Subjective feeling accompanied by physical and behavioral changes.

Personal Journal 1.2 Your Thoughts, Feelings, and Actions

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Positive and Negative Emotions.

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Understanding Yourself • Self Your sense of being a unique, conscious

being, the inner core of you.

• Self-Image All the beliefs you have about yourself.

• Areas in which you have self-images include: intellectual ability, competence, creativity, sense of humor, morality, romantic appeal, physical appearance, parental relationships, close friendships, and social acceptance.

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Building A Healthy Self-Image • A healthy self-image is positive but realistic.

• Makes the best of all the things you do well.

• Is based on who you are right now.

• Does not limit who you will be next week.

• A complex self-image means having a variety of positive ways to see yourself.

Personal Journal 1.3 How Do You See Yourself? Activity 4: Wheel of Life

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You and Your Social World

• Social Role Norms that define how you are supposed to behave in a given situation.

• Self-Preservation Altering your behavior to make a good impression of others.

Activity 5: Sides of Yourself

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Identity • How you choose to define yourself to the

world.

• Individual Identity The physical and psychological characteristics that distinguish you.

• Relational Identity How you identify yourself in relation to others.

• Collective Identity The sum of the social roles you play and the social groups to which you belong.

Activity 6: Identify Profile

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Culture, Gender and Identity • Culture – the behaviors, ideas, attitudes, and

traditions shared by a large social group, transmitted from one generation to the next.

Western– individualism, Eastern-collectivism

• Gender Role – norms that define how males and females are supposed to behave.

• Gender Bias - treating someone differently or unfairly due to one’s gender.

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Defining Your Role • Researchers suggest that it is healthiest to

have a combination of stereotypically masculine and feminine qualities.

• Some typical qualities: logical, assertive, sensitive, independent, gentle, compassionate.

Success Secret • Don’t put limits on what you can become.