Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Carl Jung, The Morning Of, Hans Eysenck

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Brent Sinclair

Document Summary

A durable disposiion to behave in a certain way across situaions. consistency (across situaions) disinciveness (individual diferences) Explains consistency across situaions (but also diferences) explains individual diferences is consistent with research indings simulates subsequent research. Five factor trait model of personality (mccrae & costa, 1985) derived using factor analysis; agreeableness, openness to experience, conscieniousness (constraint), neuroicism (negaive emoionality), extraversion (posiive emoionality) Genetic contribution to personality esimate that personality traits are ~50% heritable. 1. stable vs. unstable * similar to big 5"s neuroicism: introverted vs. extroverted. Personality & the nervous system suggested biological basis for personality: deviaions from opimal level of arousal introverted- chronic over arousal extroverted- chronic under arousal, suddenness of shits in arousal neuroic (emoionally unstable) Type a: agreeable, ambiious, cauious, compeiive, honest, hosile (heart disease), striving. Optimism view themselves, their lives, their future, & other in a posiive hopeful manner. Pessimism - view themselves, their lives, their future, & others in a negaive manner.