PSY 260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Erik Erikson, Neuroticism, Albert Bandura

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 260
• Professor: Kaplan Jill

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Personality perspectives: reflect braod areas of interest such as. Personality theories: sets of related assumptions about personality (possibly) familiar examples: Micro-theories: specific sets of testable hypotheses people repress uncomfortable memories peoples motives direct them in different ways. All theoretical levels are informed by empirical findings. They collect together theoretical issues concerning personality that have emerged throughout history. Understanding them provides a context for what you will encounter. Concerns biological explanations and substrates for psychological phenomena. Organisms with certain features are better able to adapt to hostile forces of nature. Individuals who answer those questions better than others are better adapted. Because they better adapt, they are better able to survive and reproduce. Their genes in the gene pool that control behavior differences. Example: giraffes once had shorter necks, but found food better with taller necks (high-growing leaves), and are therefore more likely to reproduce with taller necks.