PSYC 2230 Lecture 8: Chapter 9 Lecture
10 Jun 2016
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Crash course: 4 humors, phlegm, blood, yellow and black bile (socrates) Trait: define personality through stable and changing patterns. Social cognitive perspective (bandura): interaction between our traits and their social context; reciprocal determinism. Personal control: extent to which we perceive we have control over our environment; internal vs. external locus. Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory: over 500 questions, often used to identify emotional disorders, very widely used, measures personality in different contexts. Humanistic theorists: measure self-concept through interviews and self- questionnaires. =the self is the organizer of our thoughts, feelings, and actions. Possible selves: ideal self, most feared self, etc. Collection of relatively enduring patterns of reacting to and interacting with others and the environment that distinguishes each child and adult. Personality and temperament are not the same thing. Adult personality is built on temperament, fairly stable throughout life; usually described through big 5.
