Human nature

HUMAN BEHAVIOUR

Introduction
? Society includes:
? (a) Family ? (b) Neighbor ? (c) Community

? Man is a social animal . ? He always live in a society , he can’t survive in isolation. ? Society plays a vital role in his development .

? (d) Working group etc.. ? “ Human skills is the ability to work with , understand ,& motivate other people both individually & in groups” ? Study of HUMAN NATURE involves systematic study to improve one’s own human skills. ? A person with good human skills not only has the ability to understand himself & others but also is able to interact well with others , & deal successfully with conflicts , disagreements etc. ? Study of human nature deals with personality , attitudes , intelligences , thinking , abilities , values , learning & perception.

Basic Requirement of Every Individual is HUMAN SKILLS . ? Human skill is important in every profession . Be it a manager , student ,
housewife , marketing professional , teacher , engineers , etc. everybody needs human skills. ? A person with good human skills is able to get work done by others in a very easy way . ? To acquire human skill it is important to recognize the feeling & sentiments of others , ability to motivate them & also communicate one’s feeling to others. ? Through human skills , a manager can take the maximum advantages from other material resources of organization such as : money , technology , & raw material .

INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
? One of the most obvious thing amongst individuals is that they differ. Each & every person in this world is different from another in some way or the other . Each individual is unique . ? For e.g. : ? On our right image we can see that he is a doctor and in the left image we can see that he is a player . Both are different .

Inter & Intra individual differences
Inter individual differences Intra individual differences
? Intra individual differences refers to the differences among various characteristics possessed by the same person . ? Different abilities are present in different qualities with in the same person . ? A person may be good at painting , but relatively less good at studies and bad at singing .

? Inter individual differences in a particular characteristics among various individual. ? 1 : Physical differences ? 2 : Differences in intelligences ? 3 : Differences in aptitude . ? 4 : Differences in interest . ? 5 : Differences in abilities .

? 6 : Differences in personality .
? 7 : Differences in achievements .

MAJOR AREAS OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
1. PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS :

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most obvious and visible E.g. height, colour ~ Indians different from Chinese. No two individual ~ same in their physical characteristic

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Intelligence ? ability to reason with symbols. ? ability to learn and utilize what has been learned ? e.g. some are high in intelligence , other are average or low in intelligence ? commonly seen in performance

3. Ability ? what a person can do now and what he can learn to do in the future
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E.g. one good in cricket while other person is good in acting

4. Aptitude ? ability of an individual to benefit from a certain type of training ? help us to predict what a person can do in the future
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E.g. ability to speak a language

5. Interest

a person liking for something

different people have interest in different thing
two people may have interest in same thing but may differ in LEVEL and INTENSITY

6. Achievement

what a person has done is outcome of an individual e.g. intelligence, aptitude, interest and availability of opportunity

7. Personality
? a person , characteristic, way of thinking , feeling n behaving
? Sum total of ways in which an individual react and interact

with other
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E.g. some people are generally quite and shy while others are talkative n outgoing

Dimensions of individual differences
? Individual differences are classified into two dimensions as follows : PRIMARY & SECONDARY . ? (1) Primary Dimension / differences : ? (A) age ? (B) gender ? (C) nationality ? (D) physical abilities ? (E) mental abilities & ? (F) religious ? Some primary dimensions like gender , religion , etc. have a strong influence on an individual’s life . ? (2) Secondary Dimension / differences : ? (A) family status ? (B) education ? (C) communication skills ? (D) work experiences ? (E) organizational role ? (F) attitude ? (G) style of work ? Secondary dimensions undergo changes according to a person’s learning and

Prenatal age Concept ion birth

Infancy & toddlerh ood Birth – 3 years physical growth

Early childho od 3- 6years

Middle childhoo d 6-12 years

Adoles cence 12- 20 years

Young adultho od 20-40 years

Middle age 40-65 years

Late adultho od 65 years onward

9 month in womb
Rapid growth Drug & alcohol = damage

More slender and athletic

Attachm ent Symbolic towards function parents -1 develops yr Principal Interest of in other counting children develops

Slow growth yet strength & athletic improve
Memory & language

Rapid growth & height Argue a lot – build case Spend time with

Peak health
Complex thinking & reasonin g

sensory capacity, health & stamina

Reaction time slow

Stren gth & stami na

memory decline

Spend time with friends

Distress Stress = = balance elderly family& parent

poor recall

Behavior models
? 1 : RATIONAL & EMOTIONAL MODELS : In the rational model , if an individual faces problem in life he gets solution from computer , collects relevant information , analyses the problem and then comes to a solution , whereas , In emotional model people who faces problem in life gets guided by others who are knowledgeable , to solve the problems . ? 2 : BEHAVIOURISTICS & HUMANISTICS MODELS : In behaviouristics model a person’s behaviour is given more importance . Whereas , in humanistic model a person’s individuality is given importance . ? 3 : ECONOMIC & SELF – ACTUALIZING MODELS : In economic the person is been viewed in terms of money , whereas , in self-actualizing in this stage a person built him self .

PROF . SIGMUND FREUD THEORY OF MIND
Structure of human personality : LAYERS OF PSYCHES ( MIND )
? Unconscious : in this state of mind

ID : it is that state of mind which is present from the birth . EGO : ego is that part of life in which the person do things which make him egoistic or selfish . SUPEREGO : is the part of life which goes on increasing as our age .

the persons think about the things which he is not aware of : desires , habits etc . ? Conscious : in this state of mind it think only at the time of sleep , coma , meditation etc. ? Preconscious or subconscious : in this state of mind we can easily recall the things .

Conclusion
? We can conclude that each & every person in this world is different from another in some way or the other . Each individual is unique .

? They are different from one another as we saw in individual differences .
? Human nature changes as the period of life changes. ? Human skills is the ability to work with , understand , & motivate other people both individually & in groups . ? Human are not gentle , friendly creatures wishing for love , but a powerful

measure of desire for aggressiveness .



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