PSY100Y5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Radical Behaviorism, Determinism, Unconditional Love
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Chapter 12 - personality: theory, research, and assessment. Concept of personality is used to explain: the stability in a person"s behavior over time and across situations (consistency, the behavioral 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. Openness to experience - curiosity, flexibility, vivid fantasy, imaginativeness, artistic sensitivity, unconventional attitudes. Conscientiousness - diligent, disciplined, well-organized, punctual, dependable. Extraversion(positive emotionality) - outgoing, sociable, upbeat, friendly, assertive, gregarious. Agreeableness - sympathetic, trusting, cooperative, modest, straightforward. Neuroticism(negative emotionality) - anxious, hostile, self-conscious, insecure, and vulnerable. Psychodynamic theories include all the diverse theories descended from the work of sigmund freud, which focus on unconscious mental forces. Freud invoked a role of unconscious processes in the control of behaviour: based on his observations of clients.
