PSYC 338 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Conflict Management, Hard Determinism, Human Behavior
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Self awareness: ability to identify one"s thought processes, emotions, and skills. Self-confidence: confidence in one"s powers and abilities. Self-control: restraint exercised over one"s impulses, emotions, or desires. Trustworthiness: maintaining standards of honesty and integrity. Optimism: ability to anticipate and expect the best possible outcome. Achievement drive: striving to meet or improve a standard of excellence. Resiliency: capacity to endure in the face of obstacles. Empathy: awareness of and participation in others" feelings, ideas and needs. Political awareness: reading a group"s emotional currents and power relationships. Communication: listening openly and sending convincing messages. Cooperation: working with others toward shared goals. Leadership: inspiring and leading individuals and group. William james distinguished between hard and soft determinism. Soft determinism takes into account cognitive processes such as intentions, motives, beliefs, and values which intervene between experience and behavior. Compromise between hard determinism and free will. Freedom refers to the number of options available and the right to exercise them.
