Psychology 2550A/B Lecture Notes - Electrodermal Activity, Personal Construct Theory, Plethysmograph

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2550A/B
• Professor: David Vollick

Document Summary

Chapter 1: orientation to personality 10/09/2012 12:28:00 pm. Personality: how i see myself, how do you see me, how do i think you see me, how is my self-esteem and self-efficacy, who i really am not who i m presented as. Advantages: guide data collection & interpretation; common language within same model; guide future research; explain & predict. Disadvantages: too rigid- limits our thinking; uncommon language between models. Many definitions, but no single meaning is accepted universally (a) a unique and dynamic organization of unique characteristics of an individual that influences behaviour and responses to the environment of that person; not character (morals) or temperament (emotional) Behaviour that changes frequently may not be indicative of one s personality. Identifying consistent and stable individual differences is an important goal. It makes it possible to both describe people and to try and predict future behaviour- very hard to predict suicide, violence. Theory and levels of analysis in personality psychology.