CAS PS 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Impulsivity, Conscientiousness, Defence Mechanisms

• School: Boston University
• Department: Psychological & Brain Sciences
• Course: CAS PS 101
• Professor: Stuart Phillips

Document Summary

The five facto model, which overlaps with the pioneering work of cattell and eysenck, is now widely preferred for several reasons: this set of five factors strikes the right balance between accounting for as much variation in personality as possible while avoiding overlapping trait, people"s descriptions of their own personalities, other people"s descriptions of their personalities, interviewer checklists, and behavioral observation the same five factors have emerged. The behavioral activation system (bas), essentially a go system, activates approach behavior in response to the anticipation of reward. The emotionally unsta ble person, in turn, has a highly reactive bis and will focus on negative outcomes and be on the lookout for stop signs. The most basic system, the id, is the part of the mind containing the drives present at birth; it is the source of our bodily drives. The id motives the tendency to seek immediate gratification of any impulse. (cid:224)wish personal need.