PSYC 2740 Midterm: PSYC2740 CH Notes (Pre midterm 1).docx
3 Mar 2012
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Trait-descriptive adjectives adjectives that can be used to describe characteristics of people. Aspects of personality: inner features, social effects, qualities of the mind and body, relations to others, and inner goals. Personality set of psychological traits and mechanisms within individual; organized and relatively enduring; influence interactions with and adaptations to intrapsychic, physical, and social environments. Psychological traits characteristics that describe ways in which people are different /similar. Useful to describe, explain, and predict behaviour/differences. Psychological mechanisms processes of personality; involve info-processing activity. Inputs (i. e. environment), decision rules (options), and outputs (action) Inputs (i. e. environment), decision rules (options), and outputs (action) i. e. courageousness only activated under particular conditions important sources of personality somewhat stable over time and consistent over situations. Influential forces personality traits and mechanisms can have an effect on people"s lives how we act, view ourselves, think about the world, interact, feel, select environments, etc.
