Personal Orientation

Famous psychology meters each in their own way explain the direction of personality. This concept may differ in the interpretation of different schools of psychology.

If we make a general analysis of the works of Rubinshtein, Leontiev, Myasischev and Ananiev, the conclusion suggests that the vital activity of man is subordinated to the dominant motives that appear in the process of education or self-improvement.

Attraction determines the direction of personality

All people, without regard for age and intellect, lend themselves to an indefinite motivation for action. Attraction is characterized by the fact that in this state the degree of need remains unconscious. Motivation to the action of man is based on hormonal reactions of the body. Attraction is considered a primitive form of direction. After all, the mechanism of awareness of the situation is not sufficiently included in the work.

Desire determines the direction of personality

Since the moment when a person against the background of attraction begins to realize the need for his actions, the state passes into the form of desire. The brain is activated, thoughts from a chaotic stream are reconstructed into a concrete plan, an inducing force arises. So the goal is born, which is carried away by personality. People safely live life, moving steadily closer to the goal for decades.

Aspiration determines the direction of personality

When desire takes a well-formed motivation for action, it is appropriate to declare aspiration. In this state, the volitional organization of the personality prevails. A person as able to subordinate his actions to the goal, is persistent on the way to achieve it. Exposure is observed. In his quest, the personality inhibits those actions and feelings that clearly interfere with the decision, it is not amenable to provoking factors distracting from the set path, showing independence and initiative - the main components of the willpower. The pursuit of the goal is perfectly combined with diligence and discipline.

Interest determines the direction of personality

The developed need for knowledge guarantees the harmonious formation of personality. Interest in a particular object or sphere of activity sets a positive emotional tone. The condition is characterized by the fact that with satisfaction, increased attention does not fade away, but, on the contrary, shifts to a different, higher level, causes additional cognitive needs.

Addiction determines the direction of personality

At some point, a volitional organization with all the constituent features of character is also connected to the realization of a personal developing cognitive program. So interest develops into a propensity, which, under the confluence of favorable circumstances, has a chance to become an expression of abilities or talent. A person feels a steady need to engage in a certain type of activity, he is interested in the details of the case.

The ideal determines the direction of personality in psychology

By regulating one's own model of behavior, a person is guided by the qualities of his goal. When the desire acquires a concrete image in the concept of personality, is formed in the representation of the individual as a standard, then it is appropriate to talk about the ideal. This is how the world outlook is constructed, the perception of reality through the prism of an individual attitude toward what is happening, towards oneself.

Persuasion determines the direction of personality

Knowledge and own understanding of the picture of the world, the formation of life experience A person is a belief system. Personality, living their way, carries out activities with a systematic look at beliefs. This is how full awareness of needs manifests, a logical connection is established between the goal and the way it is implemented.

A worldview determines the direction of the individual

In the process of growing up, a person is enriched with ethical, aesthetic, philosophical, natural scientific views of the world around him. All that he accepts due to his upbringing, is built into a certain system of subjective values, forms his worldview. The world view actively influences all the above-mentioned factors of the person's orientation.