PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Melanie Klein, Reaction Formation, Collective Unconscious
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Naming/describing a personality trait isn"t the same as explaining it: identifying personality characteristics; 2) determining the variables that produce/control them. Personality - pattern of behaviour/thinking that prevails across time/situations; differentiates people from each other. Research on personality requires 2 kinds of effort: Must avoid nominal fallacy false belief that the causes of an event are explained by simply naming/identifying them. Personality types & traits (personality traits = pt) Hippocrates (greek physician, 4th century bce) & galen (2nd century ce) agreed with the false humoral theory (ht): Ht was wrong, but the notion of personality types persisted diff categories into which pt can be assigned based on factors such as developmental experiences of physical characteristics) *c&m = unstable; m&p = introverted; p&s = stable; s&c = extroverted: yellow bile in excess choleric (violent/aggressive, black bile in excess melancholic (gloomy/pessimistic, phlegm in excess phlegmatic (sluggish/relaxed/dull/unexcitable, blood in excess sanguine (outgoing/passionate/fun-loving)
