PSY 3121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Big Five Personality Traits, Extraversion And Introversion, Trait Theory

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3121
• Professor: Marytheresa Howard

Document Summary

Sigmund freud: underlying factors, unconscious mind, motivation for pleasurable contact, motivation of aggression to get pleasurable outcomes, restrictive view. Karl rodgers, abraham maslow: human nature and society, after basic survival needs are met then we look for attachment. Sex: nature made sexual interaction very pleasurable because biologically species need reproduction, male and female pick ideal partner, for best genetic contribution for next generation. Norman adler: reproductive behaviour and physiological outcome, rats, mating behaviours, male will mount for about 10 times to stimulate woman rate, then will insert sperm and plug so that the sperm could reach the uterus. Romantic love: not always sensible, short lived, fragile, motivation and emotion are intertwined. Charles darwin: emotions are innate not learned. Infants show emotions based on social factors: 8 basic emotions (with four pairs of opposites, emotions seem to be universal. Martin seligman: external/ internal (something about me or someone else, stable/ unstable, global/ specific (i"m worthless- global)