PSYC 2310H Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Motivation, Psychological Resilience, Impulsivity

• School: Trent University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2310H
• Professor: Carly Bumbacco

Document Summary

Personality in context: interpersonal relations, culture, & development across the. If they are open, they tend to be more open to moving and go exploring: conscientiousness. Tend to be more cautious, not overreact: extroversion. Have a tendency to cheat more (detriment) but are also more open and outgoing (beneficial: agreeableness. Tend to be more trusting, more forgiving, less judgemental: neuroticism. Predictor of relationship dissatisfaction and divorce (shorter relationships) Tend to accuse partner of cheating when they are not. They usually end the relationship because they fear the other partner will end the relationship despite it going well. Findings: people with higher rejection sensitivity experienced less relationship satisfaction, were more jealous, were more hostile/unsupportive. Couples with rejection sensitivity were more likely to break up: hypothetical request from romantic partner, asking your bf/gf to move in with you , following questions were asked: Transference: new people remind us of people from our past.