BI226 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Interpersonal Circumplex, Cartesian Coordinate System, Agreeableness
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An interpersonal theory perspective on normal and abnormal behaviour. The comic shutting people out excessively really tends to make it that people will show more affection. How we act constrains how others act around us. Theories of personality: describe consistent, stable individual differences. Theories of social interaction: describe forces at play that lead us to accommodate to those we interact with, lead us to modify our typical behaviour or make us less consistent. Ip theory (ipc theory) is: a theory about personality (trait-based, a theory about social interaction (situation-based) Y-axis: dominance: aka status, control, power, agency. X-axis: friendliness: aka affiliation, warmth, love, communion. Quadrants, octants, sixteenths: most agree there are two main underlying dimensions of dominance and friendliness. ** extroversion and agreeable are the two that fit on the circumplex ** 90 degrees, 180 degrees negatively related or positively related as we move out the center of circle, behaviours become more extreme.
