PSYC 1101 Lecture Notes - American Psychiatric Association, Electra Complex, Generalized Anxiety Disorder
17 Sep 2013
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Personality is a particular pattern of behavior and thinking that is: unique to the individual, and prevails/maintains across time and situations. Personality tests are designed to identify particular personality characteristics - psychologists study personality to discover the causes of individual differences in behavior: personality research tries to id personality characteristics and see what factors produce/control these. Humoral theories of personalities (discredited) = based on. 4 bodily fluids: melancholic, phlegmatic, sanguine, choleric. Allport says that there"s a hierarchy: 1. One in a million , highly dominant trait: 2. Central traits, less influential: honest, warm, strong, qualities of a leader: 3. He reduced the number of personality traits to 16. Hans eysenck identifies 3 personality traits -- extroverted/introverted, neurotic/emotionally stable, psychotic/self-control. Costa and mccrae -- five factor model = neuroticism, extroversion, openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness. Social cognitive theory (social learning) = consequences of behavior and individual"s belief about these consequences determine personality.
