PSYO 241 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Extraversion And Introversion, Neuroticism, Impulsivity
20 Nov 2018
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Within the individual: personality is something a person carries with themselves over time and from situation to situation, stability across time and across situations. Organized and enduring: organized: mechanisms and traits are linked in a coherent fashion; contain decision rules that govern which needs are activated. Lecture 1: enduring: stability over time; state vs trait. Adaptations to the environment: accomplishing goals, coping, adjusting, and dealing with the challenges/problems of life, human behavior is, goal directed, functional, purposeful. Men more physically aggressive than women (group difference) America); influence of social environment in what personality traits are displayed: adjustment domain: personality plays a role in how we cope, adapt, and adjust to daily lives; impact of personality of health. Lecture 2: artificial observation: observe how a participant behaves in a constructed setting; issue of a lack of realism for the participant. If findings exist with two or more data sources, greater credibility for the findings.
