PSYC 332 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Reticular Formation, Psychoticism, Extraversion And Introversion

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 332
• Professor: Richard Koestner

Document Summary

Internal dispositions that are relatively stable over time and across situations. Biological patternings in cns that cause behavior and account for consistencies in socioemotional functioning. Consistent ways that interact with external influences to influence person"s functioning. Convenient fictions to categorize and make sense of diversity of human behavior and experience. Traits do not exist outside mind no causal influence. People construct meanings for traits through social interaction. Kant"s view on these humors, can be divided into what different categories. Neuropsychotic structure having capacity to render many stimuli functionally equivalent and to initiate and guide consistent forms of adaptive and expressive behavior. Trait that is especially characteristic of given indiv. many different people are likely to differ. More limited and less critical description of overall personality. People"s behavior is highly variable in situations, traits must be understand against background of variability. Permits prediction of what a person will do in a given situation.