PSY 393 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Walter Mischel, Rorschach Test, Coronary Artery Disease
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Personality | pattern of characteristics thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that distinguishes one person from another and that persists over time and situation. Can change over time, certain aspects stabilize over time. Type as mor e pron e to coron a r y he ar t dise a s e. Fundamental characteristics and issues: origin a tin g in the individu al, appreci a tin g of individu al differe n c e s. People are differ e n t in differe n t situ a tio n s ( social - situation determines behavior) People are different in the same situation (personality: consistency across time and situations (context dependent) Outgoing today outgoing tomorrow: focus on normal behavior. Abnormal or clinical: extreme or disturbed functioning: defined by the psychological triad: behavior, cognition, feelings. Difficult to measure because traits are construct. : psychological entity that cannot be directly observed, but affects and helps to explain different things that are visible: ex.
