PSYA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Psychopathology, Apperception, Sampling Bias
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Experience: behaviourist approach, social-cognitive approach, psychodynamic approach, humanistic approach. Personality is how one deals with situations in daily life. How situations are constructed in the mind. How the response is to the situation. Person-situation controversy (influence on behaviour, is it the situationyorypersonalit(cid:259)? (cid:1007)y yhelpsydistinguishybetweenysocial- cognitive approach and the trait approach. Correlation between personality and behaviour isn"t big. Eg: introvert spending more time alone than extroverts. People"s behaviour is highly situation-dependent (governed by agreeableness) Personal constructs ytoymakeysenseyofyouryworldysuchyasyorganizingy people in our lives in different ways. Different dimensions used tell us about our personalities. Outcome expectancies ye(cid:258)pectationsyonyhowyaycertainybehaviourybringsy us closer/further to the goal. Austrian physician that practiced neurology (study of disorders of the nervous system) Treated patients with (cid:496)hysteria(cid:497) (cid:513)exaggerated or uncontrollable. Personality is formed by needs, striving, and desires largely operating outside of awareness (motives that can also produce emotional disorders) Outside of awareness is called dynamic unconscious yactiveys(cid:259)stemy thatyholdsyaylifetimeyofyhiddenymemories,ytheyperson"sydeepesty instinctsyandydesires,yandytheyperson"syinnerystruggleytoycontrolythey forces. Ego = allows us to deal with life"s practical demands.
