PSY 3303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Casting By, Radical Environmentalism, Political Correctness

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3303
• Professor: Dave Miranda

Document Summary

Lecture 3 methodology (i) (january 20, 2016) *writes the definition of personality in every ppt presentation (hint for exam?) Internal vs. external: nature vs. nurture: personality traits 40% genetics, 60% environment. Past, present and future: our goals and motivation can change the future; our goals can change our personalities. Ex: neuroticism (emotional instability) most of us have a low level of neuroticism (emotionally stable) neuroticism was the trait most desired to be changed, but is also the most stable personality trait. Scott littenfeld (?) studies psychopathy and is a critic of epistemology of psychology as a. He identified a set of elements that keep us from improving and maintain good science science practices genetic: 1. Political correctness: when results go against our values: 2. Radical environmentalism: we believe that everything is learned or is it: 3. Common sense and intuition: we have automatic thinking (heuristics)