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Academic Writing Academic writing is a clear, concise, focused, structured, and backed up by evidence. Its purpose is to aid the reader's understanding. It has formal tone and style, but it is not complex and does not require the use of long sentences and complicated vocabulary.

Personal Development ⚫ defined as a process in which persons reflect upon themselves, understand who they are, accept what they discover about themselves, and learn (or unlearn) new sets of values, attitudes, behavior, and thinking skills to reach their fullest potential as human beings. Personality psychologists have different viewpoints. One definition state, "personality refers to the unique and relatively enduring set of behaviors, feelings, thoughts, and motives that characterize an individual™ Two key components of personality ⚫ uniqueness relatively enduring Personality is influenced by both nature and Nurture It is always a complex combination of genes, environmental exposure and experiences, and cultural backgrounds. There are common personality traits that cross many cultures. Nature: Our genetics determine our behavior. Our personality traits and abilities are in our "nature." Nurture: Our environment. upbringing, and life experiences determine our behavior. We are "nurtured" to behave in certain ways. Psychologists Costa and McRae (1992) they discovered the existence of five universal and widely agreed upon dimensions of personality. This dimension is called the Five- Factor Model. For it to be easily remembered, it uses the acronym OCEAN Openness - measures the extent to which an individual is imaginative and creative, as opposed to down-to-earth and conventional.