PSYC 332 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Conscientiousness, Ring Toss, List Of Mainline My Little Pony Ponies
20 Jul 2016
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The big5: only one aspect of personaoity psychology- to really know someone well, you would wanna know more than their standing on the big five traits. Other aspects- that aren"t traits, and how we can assess that and what tat would tell us about people. The big 3 motives-fairly well-developed area- long history, in the past- students find this interesting also. Does it matter if we are not even aware of our motives. Motives: what we strive for, what we are oriented towards in our lives- explain more about why we do the things we do rather than how we do it. Big5- consistencies in social and emotional behaviour- how we behave. Motives- why we behave, why we pursue those things. Motivation psych- leading is david mcellenad- 1990- dominant motivation researcher in 50s-60s-70s. A lot of the work is based on work he did or his students have done. About how their life is going-from the convo.
