PSYCH 202 Lecture 1: Introduction to Personality, Stress and Health, and Stress-Management
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The scientific study of the structure and causes of: Measurement of ideas is central to psychological science. Psychology can help us create well-being and happiness. But personality penetrates from the surface to our cores, from our behavior to what organizes and drives our behavior. (and be familiar with how this model relates to his structural model of personality, the model of psychosexual development, and to the defense mechanisms) We measure individual differences scientifically to explore constructs . Constructs are theoretical-hypothetical ideas for which we seek evidence via the scientific method. Our scientific measures yield scores on variables . Statistically, scores on variables are distributed across a range of values with a: The trait model measures individual differences in personality constructs with objective self-report tests. Traits are internal, stable (i. e. reliable), dispositional characteristics which reflect the individual"s distinct and relatively enduring pattern of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors . Traits predispose different types of cognitive, affective, and interpersonal behavior;
