PSY100Y5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Genital Stage, Sexual Repression, Oedipus Complex
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Study of personality focuses on describing and understanding individual differences. Traditionally study of personality dominated by grand theories". It is complex hypothetical contract defined in many ways. People have consistent behaviours, no one is entirely consistent in behaviour. Quality of consistency across situations lies at the core of the concept of personality. Distinctiveness is used to explain why everyone does not act the same way in similar situations. Everyone has his or her own distinctive set of personality traits. Concept of personality is used to explain: the stability in a person"s behaviour over time and across situations (consistency, the behavioural differences among people reacting to the same situation (distinctiveness) Personality: refers to an individual"s unique constellation of consistent behavioral traits. Personality trait is a durable disposition to behave in a particular way in a variety of situations (honest, dependable, friendly etc. ) Factor analysis are correlations among many variables are analyzed to identify closely related cluster of variables.
