PSYC 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Prefrontal Cortex, Narcissism, Autobiographical Memory

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 102
• Professor: Sherri Atwood

Document Summary

Persoanlity day 3: person-situation controversy: question of whether behavior is caused more by personality or by situational factors. The situation and learning history are key determinants of behavior but are open to interpretation; how people perceive their environments: walter mischel (1930- ) argued that personality traits do little to predict behavior (r = . Locus of control: expectancies about the degree of personal control we have in our lives: the i is the self that thinks, experiences, and acts in the world; it is the self as a knower. These features make up the self-concept, a person"s explicit knowledge of his or her own behaviors, traits, and other personal characteristics. A person"s self-concept is an organized body of knowledge that develops from social experiences and has a profound effect on a person"s behavior throughout life: self narrative: the story we tell about ourselves, personality traits.