Deeper Into the “Sportsman’s Instinct”
As a group, aggressive personalities are among the most potentially problematic individuals, especially in relationships.
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As a group, aggressive personalities are among the most potentially problematic individuals, especially in relationships.
Each of us filters and frames reality through our own perspective, our own “world view”; here are five of the world views that can set us up for problems when it comes to personality development and interpersonal functioning.
Of all the explanations of human behavior, laziness is one that many of us reach for quickly but which adds little to the discussion. When someone seems lazy, what’s really going on?
For many years evidence has been mounting that the construct we call “personality” is not as well-defined as we might think and that personality patterns are nowhere near as stable or as intractable as we once believed them to be.
Increasingly, society is accepting the claim of illness as an excuse for lack of personal responsibility, and culprits are seeking therapy in place of punishment.
Anthony Weiner’s disturbing behavior suggests that he may suffer from Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Many other politicians could as well, leading to the need to reconsider the way we choose leaders.
It shouldn’t come as a surprise when sports heroes carry their aggressive behavior out of the competition arena into daily life. Society does not demand of them to have a mature conscience or character — on the contrary, we enable aggressive personalities by valuing winning above all else.
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