PSY 370 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Phineas Gage, Personality Psychology, Low Fidelity
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Personality: distinguishable, relatively stable, characteristics that make you, you, something that is stable to some extent, and dynamic* If you are characterized as outgoing, theoretically you should always be outgoing; but this is not the case i every different situation: we shift in different environments variability, we struggle with this in the analysis of personality. The causal link between behaviors and personality traits are also debated! For some people this is very limiting! Personality measures come from all over the places: how we interpret them has consequences, person-situation. 40 years ago you would get a very different answer than those today: walter michelle. As a result, some personality psychology departments shut down! 90% of personality is the situation not the person! How do you think studying personality would be good for applied situations: hiring. How should i work with them: marriage/family counseling, tracking development across the lifespan, assess bi.
