[PSY-B 110] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (25 pages long!)

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Personality: a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s (cid:396)elia(cid:271)le patte(cid:396)(cid:374) of thi(cid:374)ki(cid:374)g, feeli(cid:374)g, a(cid:374)d doi(cid:374)g. 3 main topics addressed by each theory of personality: Dialectic pairs: opposing ideas that serve to expose the essential questions of a discipline: determinism vs. free will. Each perspective must assume the extent to which people have the freedom to choose their behaviors. At one end of the spectrum is the assumption that behaviors are determined by factors beyond our control (i. e. , determinism) At the opposite end is the assumption that people have complete freedom to decide what they are going to do: nature vs. free will. Corresponds with the question: what causes personality: universality vs. uniqueness. Corresponds with the question: is everyone basically the same: proactive vs. reactive. Corresponds with the question: are behaviors driven by inner or outer forces: static vs. Measurement: a process of assigning numbers to characteristics we believe exist in people: describe: what we see. Explain: how and why we behave in those ways.

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