PSYC 553 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Karen Horney, Social Learning Theory, Geoffrey Chaucer
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Definition for this class: personality: the organized, developing psychological system within the individual that represents the collective action of that individuals major psychological subsystems. By the time when we are early adulthood, our personality is all developed. Personality psychology: an academic discipline concerned with the question: how does a person"s mind work and what implications does it have for the person"s life? more relying on hard science. Soft science (philosophy, theology) and hard science (biology, chemistry, physics) * the field of psychology that most brings together traditional sciences and traditional philosophy. i. e. confucious/socrates. Lookingglassself: the ability to oneself as others do. (sign of mental health and maturity) Implicit personality theory: the informal, often unnoticed or unconscious. Ii. system of beliefs an individual holds about his/her personality, how it operates and how those of others operate as well. We are all personality theorists; each with our own implicit theories.
