PSYC 332 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-5: Inclusive Fitness, Intentionality, Learned Helplessness
6 Mar 2018
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Personality psychology: focuses on continuity; based on traits, motives expressed in adult lives. Developmental psychology: focuses on changes; temperament; socioemotional development. 3 layers of personality development over life course. Temperament (a style of our social acting) morphs into dispositional traits. Developing conscientiousness and agreeableness as we adopt adult social roles. "see one"s own life in continuous perspective, both in retrospect and prospect. " To selectively reconstruct the past and imagine the future. Our identities confer--our explanation of what we do, what we want and how we develop. The tension between science and artistry in psychological study (allport) Social creature, but individuals are not as tightly bound, and not interchangeable. Correlation of big brain and intense social relationship. In animals, larger brain-body ratio--more likely to form monogamous pair-bonds. Bigger brain (more neocortex) gives more brainpower, allows organisms to live in larger groups with more complex dynamics. Social activities (e. g. group hunting) and shared intentionality.
