PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Carl Jung, Anal Stage, Terror Management Theory

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Doug Mc Cann

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Each person has traits that are seen in other people, but each individual has his or her own distinctive set of personality traits: personality: refers to an individual"s unique group of consistent behavioural traits. These hidden factors in personality traits are viewed as very basic, higher-order traits that determine less basic, more specific traits. They usually overeat more in response to stress: 3) openness to experience: openness is associated with curiosity, flexibility, and imagination. They are tolerant and have less need for closure on issues than others: 4) agreeableness: those who score high in agreeableness tend to be sympathetic, trusting, cooperative, and straightforward (correlated with empathy and helping behaviours). Those that are the opposite are characterized as suspicious, aggressive: 5) conscientiousness: conscientious people tend to be diligent, disciplined, and well-organized (referred to as constraint ). Including interpersonal relationships and academic performances: neuroticism are negative predictors , agreeableness and conscientiousness are positive predictors .