FSHD 117 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Neuroticism, Conscientiousness, Extraversion And Introversion

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: Fam. Studies & Human Dev. Main
• Course: FSHD 117
• Professor: James Hunt

Document Summary

Fshd self and personality across the life-span lecture 12. Our uniquely organized combination of: attributes, motivations, values, behavior. Self-esteem: evaluation of your worth as a person. Identity: sense of who we are and where we fit into society. Argued that we have 3 selves: 1. True self laid foundation to consider how we become what we are, how we think about what we are. Freud thought we were as we would be by the end of childhood. Erikson & levinson thought we changed our personalities throughout adulthood. Costa and mccrae"s big 5: openness to new experience, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, neuroticism. All 5 may be genetically influenced cross culturally valid. Social learning: argues that we change if our environment changes. We adapt to our surroundings learn how to act in certain situations through experience and observation (schema) Developing sense of self: prior to 18 months we can"t recognize ourselves in mirror.