PSY 301 Lecture Notes - Melanie Klein, Personal Development, Collective Unconscious

• School: UT-Austin
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 301
• Professor: All

Document Summary

Blue ink = class lecture on that particular slide or topic that was not on the slide. Red ink = examples related to that particular topic. Personality: enduring patterns of thought, feelings and behavior. In this lecture we will encounter something new for us. So far we have learned about people in general. Area that looks at individual personality is a very widely used idea. Two goals: describe the structure of personality, study individual differences in personality. Trait theory: personality is defined by a set of basic traits. Trait: a relatively stable disposition to behave in a particular and consistent way. Like a characteristics that has been there forever, and makes up who you"re. Thoughts, feelings, behavior about everything that makes you, you. Characteristics of personality traits: traits exist on a continuum. Traits are exactly what you think about when asked about someone"s personality.