PSYA02H3 Lecture : CHAPTER 14 Lecture note - Personality.doc

• School: UTSC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYA02H3
• Professor: Steve Joordens

Document Summary

Personality a particular pattern of behavior and thinking prevailing across time and situations that and situations that differentiates one person from another. Hippocrates, greek, first to identify personality humoral theory. Body has 4 types of fluid/humor: black/yellow bile, phlegm and blood. Choleric people -(excess yellow bile) tempered and irritable. Personality types different categories into which personality characteristics can be assigned based on factors such as developmental experiences or physical characteristics. Toby and cosmides personality cannot be genetic b/c of genetic crossover in fertilization. Instead of categorizing people, we measure the degree of how close one is to a category/ p. trait. Personality trait an enduring personal characteristic that reveals itself in a particular patter of behavior in a variety of situations. (e. g. Personality is not behavior, but they are responsible for them. Trait theorist + personality psychologist try to link a specific personality to a specific behavior. First, examined all dictionary words that describe personality (18 000 entries)