PSYC 305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Malala Yousafzai, Silent Treatment, Neuroticism
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The role of culture, gender and social pressures on malala"s life. Extraversion: bold personality, speaks up (can speak con dently and clearly) Neuroticism: high emotional stability, as suggested by her experience in the hospital. Agreeableness: low - stubborn but also high in forgiveness (forgives the taliban). Openness to experience: moderate to high - resistant to culture. Positive correlations between personalities of spouses, due primarily to social preferences: evocation. Hostile attributional bias: in face of uncertain behaviour from others, aggressive people expect others to be hostile (infer hostile intent). Treat the aggressively and evoke a hostile response: manipulation. High conscientiousness/openness: reasoning, invoking sense of responsibility. Choosing certain friends who were similar to her or shared the same thinking. Machiavellianism: a manipulative strategy of social interaction; personality style that uses other people as tools for personal gain. Derived from the writings of 16th century italian politician and philosopher, niccolo. Mechanisms of social interaction: selection, evocation, manipulation.
