PSY 260 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Operant Conditioning, Factor Analysis, Classical Conditioning
28 Sep 2016
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Why is it so hard to know ourselves? c. Implicit personality theory=describes our unstated assumptions and ideas about how people think, feel and behave: how and why are people different? d. i. Characterology: literary endeavor to describe the different sorts of individuals who existed d. ii. Temperament: physiologically based motivational and emotional styles people exhibit. d. ii. 1. d. ii. 2. d. ii. 3. d. ii. 4. Molecular: relatively small (ex: sensing color orange) a. ii. Molar: larger (ex: feeling envious of a friend who owns a beautiful painting of a bright orange fruit) b. Inner-outer dimension: a separate, private internal personality exists within the individual"s skin: personality changes over time. What is the field of personality psychology: psychodynamic psychology (how one part of the mind influenced another, psychoanalytical psychology (carl jung, individual psychology (alfred adler) What research designs are used in personality psychology: case study design: intensive examination of a single person over a period of time, observationism: outgrowth of the case study method b. i.
