PSYC 1010 Lecture 12: Chapter 12 Personality

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

Document Summary

They tend to be happier than others: neuroticism- anxious, hostile, self-conscious, impulsiveness, insecure and emotional instability. Tend to overreact more in response to stress than others: openness to experience- curiosity, flexibility, imaginativeness, doubtful and have less need for closure on issues than others, agreeableness- sympathetic, trusting, cooperative, modest, and straightforward, empathy and helping behaviour. The opposite end of this personality trait are characterized as suspicious, antagonistic and aggressive: conscientiousness- hardworking, disciplined, well-organized, punctual and dependable, psychodynamic theories. Sigmund freud, which focus on unconscious mental forces. include all of the diverse theories descended from the work of. Freud divided personality structure into three components: id, the ego and superego: the id is the primitive, instinctive component of personality that operates according to the pleasure principle. The id houses the raw biological urges to eat, sleep, copulate that energize human behaviour. The id operated according to the pleasure principle, which demands immediate gratification of its urges.