BUSORG 1020- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 14 pages long!)
6 Oct 2017
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8/31 personality the sum total of ways in which an individual reacts to and interacts with others: personality traits enduring (cid:272)hara(cid:272)teristi(cid:272)s that des(cid:272)ri(cid:271)e an individual"s (cid:271)ehavior. Jungian theory: extrovert/introvert, two kinds of attitudes, e: essential stimulation is from environment. J: decisive, planned, and orderly: p: flexible, adaptable, and spontaneous. 5 big factors of personality (ocean: openness, open vs closed to experience. The dark triad a set of 3 personality constructs that are socially aversive: manipulation (machiavellianism, superiority (narcissism, lack of empathy (psychopathy) Understanding the perception process and being mindful of perceptual biases is useful to understand behavior. Is selective (exposure: deciding to attend to one person versus another; or, awareness: filtering out info: can be enhanced through intensity of stimulus, can be enhanced through frequency. Attribution theory when individuals observe behavior, they attempt to determined whether it is internally or externally caused.
