PSYCH 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Reaction Formation, Psychoanalytic Theory, Twin
6 Mar 2018
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Characteristics, emotional responses and ways in which an individual responds to the environment. Differ across individuals and are relatively consistent over time. Many species have been shown to have personality as stable and reliable (and along similar dimensions) as humans. Developmental theories of personality: attachment, freudian, social learning environment shaping the learning potential. Humanist theories of personality, we differ in our choices, goals and. The words you use are different, but the dimensions you use are probably the same. Trait: characteristics and stable pattern of thought, feeling, or behavior. Building blocks of personality structuralist notion. Everyone seems to think these dimensions are important things to know about people. Thus it is likely that these are characteristic ways in which people differ that are important for social interactions. Widely studied and highly heritable aspect of emotional responding. Biological underpinnings of temperament which is measured by activity: can be measured in the womb emotionality and sociability, is extraversion and introversion.
