PSY100Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Trait Theory, Avoidant Personality Disorder, Extraversion And Introversion
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Contemporary research analysis deals with traits; to predict behaviour for knowledge and understanding, for career decisions, for aptitude tests, etc (trait theory) Personality refers to enduring patterns of thought, feeling, motivation and behaviour that are expressed in different circumstances. The aim of personality research is to: construct general theories of personality, assess individual differences in personality. The behaviour is the ultimate expression of who we are; though intention plays a part in many cases. He invoked a role of unconscious processes in the control of behaviour. The vast majority of what we do is based on our behaviour. All motivations that drive us that we have no awareness of is based on our behaviour. Freud based his study on his observations of clients -- this is problematic, as it"s not considered to be empyreal science. His topographical model argued for 3 levels of conscious. Conflict occurs between the different aspects of consciousness.
