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PSYC 2130 Lecture 9: Lecture 9 - Personality .docx

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York University
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Psychology
Course
PSYC 2130
Professor
Krista Phillips

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Neoteny during this period, youngsters are dependent and human young must learn and be social. Trait theorists study the responses people make on questionaires. Those responses are taken as clues for an underlying trait. Behavioural/learning approach begin t study by examining behaviour as sample. Best way to study future behaviour is based on past behaviour. Overt behaviour observable behaviour vs. covert behaviour things we cannot see - thought, wish. Whatever inferences are made about covert behaviour they are always made on basis of observation of overt behaviour. According to b/l perspective, personality is nothing more than an individual"s learned behaviour like residue of learned behaviour. Personality is nothing more than an individual learned tendency that you have acquired through the experiences in your life. Variety of b/l perspectives which vary according to # of dimensions but what ties them all together is:

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