PSYB30H3 : PSYB30H3.docx

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Often contrasted with attractiveness: blind date nice but some attractive elements that won"t be that great, a lot of personality = lively, extraverted. Working theories about how many types of people there are. Grand theories of personality explain everything about a persons personality (e. g. , Ways in which individuals differ from each other. Focuses on number and nature of fundamental traits. Goals = identify and measure most important ways individuals differ and where the individuals differences came from and how they develop over time; also important to consider the interaction between traits and situations: biological. Physical elements and biological systems in body that influence or are influence by behaviors, thoughts, and feelings. Behavioral genetics of personality; what portion is due to genetics vs. environment. Evolutionary personality psychology; behaviors evolved adaptations, universal in behavior as common focus, and how do we deal with individual differences: self and identity. Deals with aspects of the self and the relationship of self to others.