PSYC 2130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Trait Theory, Autonomic Nervous System, Central Nervous System

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2130
• Professor: Frank Marchese

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This study guide is not a substitute for reading all of the assigned chapters in the textbook and concentrating on theory, concepts, and methods. For (cid:858)co(cid:373)i(cid:374)g i(cid:374)to bei(cid:374)g(cid:859) book, chapters 3, 4, 5 are assigned and consult moodle posting. This is a guide only to accompany your class notes and assigned readings in both books. Define disposition and theory of 4 temperaments (178-184). Personality is the set of enduring characteristics that are innate to the person: these characteristics i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)e people"s i(cid:374)tera(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s with others and their environment. This is the first theoretical assumption of the dispositional theory and is referred to as: **#(cid:1005)(cid:862) elative tability of. The assumption that if people are disposed to act in particular ways then personality should be stable should be cautioned with some distinctions: It does(cid:374)"t (cid:373)ea(cid:374) that so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e high in trait anxiety is always anxious.