PSYB30H3 Lecture Notes - Random Assignment, Common Rule, Dependent And Independent Variables
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Understanding the building blocks of. Personality psychologists attempt to study both the ways people are similar and the ways people are different from each other. Personality psychology- is the scientific study of what makes us who we are. An individuals personality is more that the sum of his or her parts. Not only can the individual parts vary among people, but the way they fit together may vary as well. The building blocks of personality. Also there are social and environmental factors that impact personality at all these levels. Environmental forces include: culture, society, and socialization by parents and peers. Societal forces runs as a deep theme in all the foundations in terms of all building blocks. Traits- a person"s typical way of feeling, thinking, and acting in various situations, at different times. We are born with certain physiology that makes us more likely to develop certain characteristics.
