PSY 0160 Chapter 1: Personality Theory
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Personality theorists address the total person, trying to understand how different aspects of an i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s psy(cid:272)hologi(cid:272)al life a(cid:396)e (cid:396)elated to ea(cid:272)h othe(cid:396) a(cid:374)d (cid:396)elate to so(cid:272)iety. Personality theorists have had an effect on society at large for a long time. Addresses 3 issues: human universals, individual differences, and individual uniqueness. Personality: psy(cid:272)hologi(cid:272)al (cid:395)ualities that (cid:272)o(cid:374)t(cid:396)i(cid:271)ute to a(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s e(cid:374)du(cid:396)i(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d disti(cid:374)(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e patterns of feeling, thinking, and behaving. Co(cid:374)t(cid:396)i(cid:271)ute to = look fo(cid:396) psy(cid:272)hologi(cid:272)al i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)es of i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s disti(cid:374)(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e a(cid:374)d e(cid:374)du(cid:396)i(cid:374)g tendencies. Trait (disposition): consistent style of emotion or behavior that a person displays across a variety of situations. A trait is either an average of behavior or is expressed more compared to others. Three types of people: respond in an adaptive, resilient manner to psychological stress, respond in a socially inhibited or emotionally over controlled way, respond in an uninhibited or under controlled way.
