PSYCH101 Lecture Notes - Shyness, Extraversion And Introversion, Social Influence

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Richard Ennis

Document Summary

From something to be considered part of our personality, it must has at least two features: attributes that are consistent over time and situations, there are individual differences. Shyness has two common elements: trait (person, state (environmental/situational) Makes it hard to enjoy social events and meeting new people. Promotes excessive self-consciousness and self-preoccupation (eg. introversion) High risk for low self-esteem, loneliness and depression. Shy in certain situations only (eg. with strangers, people in authority, of opposite sex, when making a public appearance) Minimal negative consequences and possibly positive consequences (eg. may respond empathically) Personality as self-efficacy the way you see yourself and your world. Shyness = low perceived self-efficacy, impaired motivation in particular social settings. Carl rogers view personality as an ongoing, dynamic process of growth. Interested in measuring personality and predicting personality (not interested in explaining it) It is about predicting what a person would do in a different environment to relate to core personality traits.