PSYC 473T Midterm: Exam 1 Study Guide
12 Feb 2017
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Traits are largely defined by the culture that we are in, they are patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving. In personality psychology, we are looking to see how similarities and disparities convey something that is meaningful: we look to find insight into motivation and how to foster deeper and more meaningful relationship. Personality is linked to key life outcomes. The building blocks of personality include traits, self and identity, intrapsychic foundations, regulation and motivation, genetics, neuroscience, cognitive foundations, and integration. Self and identity includes self-concept, self-esteem, and social identity. Regulation and motivation holds the self-determination theory. Whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Hippocrates 4 humors which are bodily fluids that influence temperament and health. The 4 humors were choleric (irritable), melancholic (depressed), sanguine (optimistic), and phlegmatic (calm) Aristotle thought there were many types of traits. Galton: differences psychometrically, nature vs. nurture, co-developed r, lexical hypothesis of. Erik erikson: personality development from birth-death, psychosocial stages of development.
