三岁看老

English translation: personality is all set in stone by the age of three

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Chinese term or phrase:	三岁看老
English translation:	personality is all set in stone by the age of three
Entered by:	Denyce Seow

19:06 Mar 26, 2007

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Chinese term or phrase: 三岁看老

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？

Denyce Seow KudoZ activity Questions: 1852 (9 open) (54 closed without grading) Answers: 1534 Singapore
Local time: 18:02

personality is all set in stone by the age of 3 (/in one's childhood)

Explanation:
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
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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. ...
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Selected response from:

Naikei Wong
Local time: 18:02

Grading comment

Thanks, everyone.
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Summary of answers provided

3 +6

personality is all set in stone by the age of 3 (/in one's childhood)

Naikei Wong

5 +3

The child is the father of the man.

iPress

5 +1

Child is the father of man

Lichun E

3 +1

life is deterministic at age 3

franksf

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21 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

personality is all set in stone by the age of 3 (/in one's childhood)

Naikei Wong
Local time: 18:02
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Native speaker of:

English,

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 36

Grading comment

Thanks, everyone.

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

life is deterministic at age 3

Explanation:
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

franksf
Native speaker of:

English,

Chinese

8 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Child is the father of man

Explanation:
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?

Lichun E
Local time: 18:02
Native speaker of:

Chinese

10 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

The child is the father of the man.

Explanation:
This is a well-known saying of William Wordsworth.

iPress
Local time: 18:02
Native speaker of: Chinese

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