PSYC 2740 Chapter 15: PSYCH 2740 CHAPTER 15 NOTES
4 Feb 2016
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Chapter 15: personality & social interaction personality interacts with situations in three ways: selection, evocation and manipulation. these three mechanisms can be applied to understanding how personality affects interpersonal situations. Rst the personality characteristics of others in uence whether were select them as our dates and friends. people"s personality characteristics also play a role in the kinds of situations they choose to go in and stay out of. Some personality qualities tend to evoke responses in us and then it is linked to the ways in which we try to in uence/manipulate others. they are key ways in which personality interacts with the social environment. The longest conducted study on what persons wanted in a long term mate revealed that personality characteristics play a central role in mate selection. Mutual attraction/love was the most favoured by everyone and the second highest were: dependable, emotional stability and pleasing disposition.
