PSYC 2450 Study Guide - Final Guide: Personality Psychology, Criterion Validity, Human Nature

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2450
• Professor: Karl Hennig

Document Summary

Personality: a set of psychological traits and mechanisms within the individual that are organized and relatively enduring and that influence his or her interactions wit, and adaptation to the intrapsychic, physical and social environments. Psychological traits are are useful because: they help describe people and help us understand the differences between us, they help explain our behaviors, they can help predict future behaviors. Input making people more aware of their environment. Output the behaviors they decide to take part in: this does not mean that at our traits and mechanisms are always activated, only a few are activated and it is dependent on the situation. Personality is within the individual and something they carry with them all the time throughout their lives personality is also influenced by our environment + the people in our lives. Traits must be consistent over time to be considered a personality trait.