PSY10000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Extraversion And Introversion, Neuroticism, Conscientiousness

• School: ND
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY10000
• Professor: Radvansky Gabriel

Document Summary

Trait theories (continued: five factor model of personality. Overall traits are reduced to 5 superordinate theories through factor analyzing of data . Everyone presents these traits, but some more than others: trait theories in general. Some aspects of personality are heritable: temperament: typical manner/ways of responding in children, disposition: typical way of responding in adults. More complex view of personality: behavior is due to the person-situation interaction, if-then patterns. Humanistic theories: humans are subjects that need to be understood yet they can"t be taken apart to study, humans are meaning-constructing people, rogers"s person-centered approach. Self: true-self: self of you are (fundamentally good, false-self: it is developed by dispositions around you. Conditions of worth: love/acceptance depends on meeting the standards of worth, self-concept: Role of empathy: empathy gives us the ability to feel worth and show compassion, existential approach. We are born alone, and we are going to die alone: awareness of our own mortality.