PSY 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Inferiority Complex, Oedipus Complex, Psychosexual Development
9 Nov 2016
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Health psychology: applications of psychological knowledge in the health domain. People often fail to carry out medical advice. Because people often have a model of illness that does not match the properties of the cure. High blood pressure is asymptomatic, meaning, there are no visible signs of someone having high blood pressure. Personality: (cid:862)all the consistent ways in which the behavior of one person differs from that of others espe(cid:272)ially i(cid:374) so(cid:272)ial situatio(cid:374)s. (cid:863) A (cid:272)orre(cid:272)t (cid:272)hara(cid:272)terizatio(cid:374) of (cid:862)perso(cid:374)ality(cid:863) should allo(cid:449) for a(cid:272)(cid:272)urate predi(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s of (cid:271)eha(cid:448)ior. Traits: enduring qualities or attributes that cause individuals to behave consistently across situations. Odbert (1936) found 18,000 trait terms in the english language. Talkative, energetic, and assertive vs. quiet, reserved, and shy. The neo-pi-3 inventory yields a score on each of the five dimensions. They followed 63 students over several weeks and measured behavioral correlates of friendliness and conscientiousness.
