Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Chinese term or phrase:
三岁看老
English translation:
personality is all set in stone by the age of three
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Denyce Seow
Mar 26, 2007 19:06
17 yrs ago
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三岁看老
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俗话说三岁看老，自觉排队难道不是幼儿园就该养成的习惯吗？
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21 mins
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personality is all set in stone by the age of 3 (/in one's childhood)
In Psychology terms, "personality" is no doubt the right term to use here. Just query Wikipedia for a confirmation...
One last take (of my foooling around) before bed...:)))
FYI:
Are Personality Disorders Set in Stone? - Journal Watch PsychiatryAre Personality Disorders Set in Stone? Personality disorders are defined as enduring maladaptive patterns of behavior and ... for total personality-disorder features; for clusters A, B, and C; and for all diagnoses except antisocial, ...
psychiatry.jwatch.org/cgi/content/full/2004/1118/1?ck=nck - 類似網頁
[ psychiatry.jwatch.org 的其它相關資訊 ]
Personality Not Set in Stone- [ 翻譯此頁 ]Personality Not Set in Stone ... willingness to accept facts even when they are opposed to wishes." -- B. F. Skinner. All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective companies. Comments are owned by the Poster. ...
cognews.com/1058368929/index_html - 10k - 頁庫存檔 - 類似網頁
One last take (of my foooling around) before bed...:)))
FYI:
Are Personality Disorders Set in Stone? - Journal Watch PsychiatryAre Personality Disorders Set in Stone? Personality disorders are defined as enduring maladaptive patterns of behavior and ... for total personality-disorder features; for clusters A, B, and C; and for all diagnoses except antisocial, ...
psychiatry.jwatch.org/cgi/content/full/2004/1118/1?ck=nck - 類似網頁
[ psychiatry.jwatch.org 的其它相關資訊 ]
Personality Not Set in Stone- [ 翻譯此頁 ]Personality Not Set in Stone ... willingness to accept facts even when they are opposed to wishes." -- B. F. Skinner. All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective companies. Comments are owned by the Poster. ...
cognews.com/1058368929/index_html - 10k - 頁庫存檔 - 類似網頁
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks, everyone."
+1
3 hrs
life is deterministic at age 3
It might probably be traced back to Freud, the deterministic view has had its many followers (but not without criticism):
AS Psychology holah.co.uk Developmental Psychology
Freud's psychodynamic approach argued that a child's early experiences will shape
its personality in later life. He believed that all children pass through ...
http://www.holah.karoo.net/developmental.htm - 33k - Cached
Doug Davis: A Theory for the 90s
Reexamination of Freud's early published work in light of new ... it with the
less deterministic but far more subtle propositions of psychoanalysis proper, ...
http://www.haverford.edu/psych/ddavis/freud90s.html - 38k - Cached
PEP Web - The Complementarity of Object-Relations and Instinct Theory
It may be agreed that such a condition is difficult to achieve in life; ...
a deterministic psychology, as can Freud's early instinctual drive theory. ...
http://pep-web.org/document.php?id=ijp.074.0459a - - Cached
AS Psychology holah.co.uk Developmental Psychology
Freud's psychodynamic approach argued that a child's early experiences will shape
its personality in later life. He believed that all children pass through ...
http://www.holah.karoo.net/developmental.htm - 33k - Cached
Doug Davis: A Theory for the 90s
Reexamination of Freud's early published work in light of new ... it with the
less deterministic but far more subtle propositions of psychoanalysis proper, ...
http://www.haverford.edu/psych/ddavis/freud90s.html - 38k - Cached
PEP Web - The Complementarity of Object-Relations and Instinct Theory
It may be agreed that such a condition is difficult to achieve in life; ...
a deterministic psychology, as can Freud's early instinctual drive theory. ...
http://pep-web.org/document.php?id=ijp.074.0459a - - Cached
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Jason Ma
: It's hard for me to exclude this one too.
2 days 17 hrs
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Thanks, Martin.
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+1
8 hrs
Child is the father of man
Child is the father of man. Shouldn't we grow into a habit to queue in line even as early as when one is still at kingdergarden?
+3
10 hrs
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