APA 2140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Achievement Orientation, Goal Orientation, Conscientiousness

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Human Kinetics
• Course: APA 2140
• Professor: Jennifer Brunet

Document Summary

Broad definition of personality: the underlying, relatively stable, psychological structures and processes that organize human experience and shape a person"s actions and reactions to the environment. What is personality: personality: overall organization of psychological characteristics, differentiates us from others and leads us to act consistently across time and situations, disposition: a broad, pervasive, encompassing way of relating to particular types of people or situations. Psychodynamic approach: all behaviour interconnected and driven by unconscious forces, freud"s structure of personality included. Id: pleasure principle: ego: reality principle, superego: should/ should not principle. Humanistic psychology: focuses on personal responsibility, human growth, personal striving and individual dignity, maslow"s hierarchy of needs, once basic needs are met, individuals strive to meet higher needs. Reflections: bandura argues that people learn that aggression in sport is often acceptable through observing. Interactionist approach: most preferred approach by psychologists today, situations/environment and personal factors reciprocally influence behaviour, people actively shape their behaviour.