PSYO 1012 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Friends House, Amygdala, Group Polarization
5 Jun 2015
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A person"s personality is relatively stable in childhood, but not in adulthood. Personality is a distinctive and relatively enduring way of thinking, feeling, and acting that characterize a person"s response to situations. A person"s personality is relatively stable across their entire lifespan. The thoughts, feelings and actions that are seen as re ecting an individual"s personality typically have three characteristics. They are seen as identity components (thoughts feelings and actions all make up a person"s unique identity) Behaviors are thought to be mainly internally driven (rather than driven be environmental factors) e. g. we. Seems that personality guides behaviors because a person"s behaviors seem to t together (like a personality puzzle with thoughts, behaviors, feelings and actions being the 4 corner pieces) An instinct is the inherent disposition of a living organism toward a particular behavior. Xed action patterns are unlearned and typically inherited. Instinctual drives: reproduction, hunger, language acquisition, stress responses ght or.
