Posts Tagged ‘individual differences’
Insecure Attachment Styles & Adult Relationships
“A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity.” – Dalai Lama Attachment styles develop within the context of your earliest relationships… the ones with your parent(s) or primary caregiver(s). According to attachment theory, these formative relationships serve as the foundation from which you develop an understanding of how relationships work, what…
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How Does Your “Attachment Style” Impact Your Adult Relationships?
“You don’t really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around – and why his parents will always wave back.” – William D. Tammeus Your adult attachment style has developed as a result of repetitive interpersonal interactions with important caregivers or parents as…
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The Subjective Side of Aging: Age Identity
“The years teach much which the days never knew.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Many people have a subjective inner sense of being older or younger than their chronological age. This subjective side of aging is termed age identity… the age that someone feels like they are. What do you think makes the difference between a 30…
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Passive Aggression Toward the Self
“We all have a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.” – Jane Austen When you begin to move towards a desired direction in your life, there is often an accompanying sense of excitement, anxiety, and hesitancy. Everything that is “new” is “unknown” in some way,…
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Stop Self-Sabotage for Good – Part Two
“But I do nothing upon myself, and yet I am my own executioner.” – John Donne In my last post, “Stop Self-Sabotage for Good – Part One,” I explored two main types of self-sabotaging behaviors identified in the October 2011 issue of Psychology Today: dodging emotions and procrastination. We all engage in various forms of…
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Keirsey: The Four Temperaments
“People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson In yesterday’s post, we learned about the basic principles underlying the Keirsey Temperament Sorter (KTS-II). Dr. David Keirsey, educational psychologist and creator of the KTS-II, defines temperament as “a configuration of observable personality traits,…
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Understanding the Keirsey Temperament Sorter
“Whenever two people meet there are six present. There is the man as he sees himself, each as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.” – William James Temperament and personality shape the way that we see ourselves and others, the way that we choose to interact with others, our…
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