PSY 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Psy, Trait Theory, Rolex

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 110
• Professor: gillis

Document Summary

Define personality: the scientific study of stable characteristics that differentiate people. Not day to day changes- focus on stable characteristics. Personality trait: a stable characteristic (intelligence) trait/state distinction. Personality psychologists focus on traits/permanent, social psychologists focus on states/changing. Personality: aggression as trait (person is an aggressive individual) Social: or aggression as state: create conditions to make someone aggressive personality. Truth is: starts are not really side by side , it just looks like it because they are far away. Line in sky: the ecliptic: is the line of our solar system/plane that all planets move on to travel around sun. The constellations visible during your birth do not influence you. Decided to study person"s head instead of stars. Shape of your entire body determines personality. The structure of personality (study iceberg on blackboard) Ex: id: go for attractive woman regardless; ego: interested in woman but know you shouldn"t say so; superego: not interested.