PSYC 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Hexaco Model Of Personality Structure, Psychodynamics, Agreeableness
3 Mar 2016
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Monday, february 1st, 2016 monday, february 22nd, 2016. Personality focuses on relative consistency over time and situations. Learning and life experience (our experiences teach us) Subjective experience/evaluation (how we view, understand, and think about what happens to us) ** theories use one or several of these four concepts to explain why we have personalities ** Facts may be there, but we do not have direct access to them. We all interpret the facts differently; can cause conflict between people"s interpretations. Theories help us interpret facts (we are guided by theories) Certain questions cannot be answered with facts . By telling us what is important and what is irrelevant. Help us generalize our knowledge to similar situations and to predict future events. Help us refine our knowledge through testing predictions. The foundation of a theory begins with premises/assumptions (not testable) Elements that build on the assumptions (testable)
