Personality & Intellectual Development

First, how do we define personality? Personality it is known to be made up of the characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings and behaviors that make a person unique. Erickson, Freud and Jung are names that we are accustomed to hearing around home and school. Their premises on aspects of an adult life, including personality, are not only dynamic, but evolve throughout a life span in many predictable ways (Bjorklund, 2010, p242). I actually really like reading our textbook because our author, Barbara R. Bjorklund, I feel has a great personality. As I read, I actually find myself laughing at her humor and I can actually picture in my head of what she looks like. So I believe we can communicate our personality and intellectuality through writing as well.
Intelligence can also change, along with our own with personality. I know that my personality has changed significantly over the years. As a child, I was outgoing and bubbly, as a teen, I was shyer at the time and kept to myself, and throughout my young and middle-aged adult years it has been outgoing, fun, almost like trying to be an adolescent once again. I believe that my personality and intellectual development over the years is due to many following factors, but are not limited to:
The environment I was living in
The experiences that I went through at that time, and how I handled them, not only physically, but mentally as well
What economic stressors that were/were not present at that time
The factors listed above are all influential societal factors of an adult’s life. This factor agrees in the manner, which personality and intellect may develop in adults lends itself to influential societal factors of the adults’ lives, including those intimate relationships held by the adults, as well as their success in their careers, and of course, the most important thing is the adult’s overall health and well-being (Bjorklund, 268). Also, I believe that there will always be societal factors throughout an