PSYB30H3 Study Guide - Extraversion And Introversion, Conscientiousness, Trait Theory
Document Summary
Personality psychology: scientific study of what makes us who we are. Traits: person"s typical way of thinking, feeling and acting, in various situations and different times. Genetics: study of how genes and environment affect personality and behaviour. Neuroscience: study of how our brain and nervous system affect personality and behavior through bodily responses, brain structure, brain activity, and biochemical activity. Self and identity: our own sense of who are including out self-concept, self-esteem and social identity. Intrapsychic foundations of personality: look within ourselves (intra) to our own conscious and feelings. Regulation and motivation: focuses on the self- determination theory (we can and do regulate ourselves consciously and unconsciously). The building block of this is concerned with how people adjust their responses to the environment. Cognitive foundations: describes how people perceive to think about information, themselves, and the world. Integration: combine building blocks of personality into a whole person. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
