PSY 370 Lecture 1: Week 1 Notes (MON & WED)
10 Feb 2019
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Notes for week 1: monday, 4/2/18 & wednesday, 4/4/18. *notes from monday are taken directly off slides posted onto canvas and do not include discussions from class nothing imperative was discussed in class that wasn"t included in slides. *notes from wednesday include slides posted from canvas, as well as topics/side-notes discussed in class. Monday, 4/2/18: what is personality, word stems from persona i. A pattern of relatively permanent traits and unique characteristics that give both consistency and individuality to a person"s behavior . Stability across situations i. ii. i. ii. iii. iv: characteristics i. Unique qualities (e. g. , temperament, physique, intelligence: all of which are discussed further in wednesday"s section e. Context: every person is . i. ii. iii. Like some others similarities between some (groups, attraction) Personality assessment: personality & science, scientific methods are used to test personality theories. Importance of data and statistics to test theories.
