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ChapterI
APERSONASTHEAUTHOR
OFTHEIROWNDEVELOPMENT
A
ischallengingtoformulatecategoricaltheseshere.Moreover,thediver-
person,asthemostcomplexresearchtopic,evadesprecisedefinitions.It
sityofapproachescomplicatesthemapofconceptsoftheperson.Tus,the
researcherfacesanurgentneedtoreducethiswealthofconceptstoseveral
categories.Teapproachpresentedinthebookthereforefocussesonaperson
whoconstructstheirowndesignautonomously.
Itisemphasisednowadaysthathumanbeingsarecharacterisedbyparticular
features.Apersonisaboveallabeingthatexperiences,anactivebeing,look-
ingfornewexperiencesandventures.Teiractivitiesarespontaneous,varied
andonlyminimallydeterminedbyacquiredhabits.Anindividualiscapable
ofbalancingtheiractivitiesspontaneously,remainingmostlyself-sufcient
inthisrespect.Self-regulationalsotakesplacewhileassociatingwithother
people,beingthepurposeandmotivebehindsocialrelations.Finally,based
onZygmuntBauman)sanalyses,apersonoperatesefciently.Tisindicates
thattheypossessthephysicalandspiritualabilitytoabsorbagrowingmass
ofimpressionsandrespondtothemconstructively.Anindividualmaintains
thecapacitytoactinarapidlychallengingenvironmentandtochangecourse
quicklywhennecessaryorseeminglyadvantageous(Bauman,ascitedin
Śliwerski,1997).
Dąbrowski(1989,p.13)pointedoutthatamonglivingspeciesonlyhumans
demonstratetheauthenticpotentialforpersonaldevelopmentandpossess
theabilitytogainautonomyfrombiologicalfactors.Tus,humansbecome
anactiveagentofgrowth.Althoughtheyaresubjectedtotheinfluenceof
theworld,theyarecapableofgoverningthemselvesbyindividuallycreated
valuationstandards(Obuchowski,1993,2000);theycanconstructthemselves