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Harm avoidance

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In psychology, harm avoidance (HA) is a personality trait characterized by excessive worrying;

pessimism; shyness; and being fearful, doubtful, and easily fatigued. In MRI studies HA was

correlated with reduced grey matter volume in the orbito-frontal, occipital and parietal region

Personal development refers to activities that improve self-knowledge and identity, developtalents and potential, build human capital and employability, enhance quality of life and

contribute to the realization of dreams and aspirations. The concept is not limited to self-

development but includes formal and informal activities for developing others, in roles such asteacher, guide, counselor, manager, coach, or mentor. Finally, as personal development takes

place in the context of institutions, it refers to the methods, programs, tools, techniques, and

assessment systems that support human development at the individual level in organizations.

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At the level of the individual, personal development includes the following activities:

• improving self-awareness• improving self-knowledge

• building or renewing identity

• developing strengths or talents

• improving wealth

• spiritual development

• identifying or improving potential

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building employability or human capital• enhancing lifestyle or the quality of life

• improving health

• fulfilling aspirations

• initiating a life enterprise or personal autonomy

• defining and executing personal development plans

• improving social abilities

The concept covers a wider field than self-development or self-help: personal development also

includes developing others. This may take place through roles such as those of a teacher or 

mentor, either through a personal competency (such as the skill of certain managers in

developing the potential of employees) or a professional service (such as providing training,assessment or coaching).

Beyond improving oneself and developing others, personal development is a field of practice and

research. As a field of practice it includes personal development methods, learning programs,assessment systems, tools and techniques. As a field of research, personal development topics

increasingly appear in scientific journals, higher education reviews, management journals and

business books.

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Any sort of development whether economic, political, biological, organizational or personal

requires a framework if one wishes to know whether change has actually occurred. In the case

of personal development, an individual often functions as the primary judge of improvement, butvalidation of objective improvement requires assessment using standard criteria. Personal

development frameworks may include goals or benchmarks that define the end-points, strategies

or plans for reaching goals, measurement and assessment of progress, levels or stages that definemilestones along a development path, and a feedback system to provide information on changes.

Change may refer to: The process of becoming different

Autonomy (Ancient Greek: αὐτονομία autonomia from αὐτόνομος auto nomos from

αὐτο- auto- "self" + νόμος nomos, "law" "one who gives oneself their own law") is a

concept found in moral, political, and bioethical philosophy. Within these contexts, it

refers to the capacity of a rational individual to make an informed, un-coerced

decision. In moral and political philosophy, autonomy is often used as the basis for

determining moral responsibility for one's actions. One of the best known

philosophical theories of autonomy was developed by Kant. In medicine, respect forthe autonomy of patients is an important goal, though it can conflict with a

competing ethical principle, namely beneficence. However, beneficence is what is

claimed to have motivated every parent from before the dawn of civilization.

Autonomy is also used to refer to the self-government of the people.

Endurance (also called sufferance) is the ability for an animal to exert itself for a long period of 

time. In humans, it is usually used in aerobic or  anaerobic exercise. The definition of 'long' variesaccording to the type of exertion - minutes for high intensity anaerobic exercise, hours or days

for low intensity aerobic exercise. Training for endurance can have a negative impact on the

ability to exert strength unless an individual also undertakes resistance training to counteract this

effect.[1]

Impulsivty

As a personality trait, impulsivity is part of normal behavior as it contributes to adaptive

functioning. To do something and not be aware, especially for young children, is relativelycommon. Recent psychological research has suggested that there are various facets of 

impulsivity.[4] Some researchers have proposed a 3-factor model according to impulsivity;

attentional ("getting easily bored"), motor ("going into action") and cognitive ("inability to plan")

factors. Recent theories[5] have suggested five separate aspects of impulsivity:[6

Play refers to a range of voluntary, intrinsically motivated activities that are normally associatedwith pleasure and enjoyment.[1] Play is essentially an activity which a person enjoys alone,

though it can involve others, who perceive the play from their perspective and may not be in the

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mood for play. Play is most commonly associated with child activities, and when engaged in by

an adult they may be described as "childish" or "child at heart". Play can consist of an amusing,

pretend or imaginary activity alone or with another. The rites of play are evident throughoutnature and are perceived in people and animals, particularly in the cognitive development and

socialization of those engaged in developmental processes and the young. Play often entertains

props, tools, animals, or toys in the context of  learning and recreation. Some play has clearlydefined goals and when structured with rules is called a game. Whereas, some play exhibits no

such goals nor rules and is considered to be "unstructured" in the literature.

Playing Children, by Chinese Song Dynasty artist Su Hanchen, c. 1150 AD.

Concerted endeavor has been made to identify the qualities of play, but this task is not without its

ambiguities. For example, play is commonly perceived as a frivolous and non-serious activity;

yet when watching children at play, one can observe the transfixed seriousness and entrancingabsorption with which they engage in it. Other criteria of play include a relaxed pace and

freedom versus compulsion. Yet play seems to have its intrinsic constraints, as in, "You're not

playing fair."

When play is structured and goal-orientated it is often presented as a game. Play can also be seenas the activity of rehearsing life events, e.g. young animals play fighting. Play may also serve as

a pretext, allowing people to explore reactions of others by engaging in playful interaction.

Flirting is an example of such behavior. These and other concepts or rhetorics of play arediscussed at length by Brian Sutton-Smith in the book The Ambiguity of Play. Sometimes play is

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dangerous, such as in extreme sports. This type of play could be considered stunt play, whether 

engaging in play fighting, sky-diving, or riding a device at a high speed in an unusual manner.

Types of play listed by psychiatrist Dr. Stuart Brown include: body, object, social, fantasy, andtransformational .[2] The National Institute for Play describes the previous five play types, as well

as the play types attunement and narrative.[3]

abase /əˈbeɪs/ ▶verb (usu. abase oneself ) behave in a way that belittles or degrades (someone).

– DERIVATIVES 

Noun1.nurturance - physical and emotional care and nourishment

care, tending, attention, aid - the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or 

something; "no medical care was required"; "the old car needs constant attention

Understanding (also called intellection) is a psychological process related to an abstract or 

physical object, such as a person, situation, or message whereby one is able to think about it anduse concepts to deal adequately with that object.

An understanding is the limit of a conceptualization. To understand something is to haveconceptualized it to a given measure.