PSY 352 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Walter Mischel, Personality Psychology, Psy
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Lecture outline #1: introduction to personality psychology (chapter 1) Psy 352: personality psychology personality: an individual"s characteristic pattern of thinking, acting, and feeling. Focus on individual differences traits: characteristics that make people different from each other. Implies consistency across situations (intuitive appeal) situationism: view that personality is a function of situation, not of internal traits. Walter mischel (1960s) personality too minimal to focus on. Hartshorne & may (1928): gave grade-school kids opportunities for undetected deceit. E. g. lie about how many push-ups they can do, lie to parents about time spent on homework, cheat on a test, keep money given to them for other purposes. Dishonesty in one domain= poor predictor of dishonesty in another (r = +. 23) person-situation debate: behavior as function of stable traits or changing situations? interactionism: view that personality and situation drive behavior. Personality traits = average tendencies (tend to shape situations) Situations vary in strength (tend to shape personality) grand theories of personality vs. contemporary approaches:
