PSYB30H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Personality Psychology, Twin Study, Personality Disorder
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Adjectives that can be used to describe characteristics of people there are nearly 20k trait-descriptive adjectives. Personality the set of psychological traits and mechanisms within the individual that are organized and relatively enduring and that influence his or her interactions with, and adaptations to, the intrapsychic, physical and social environments. Characteristics that describe ways in which people are different from each other traits describes the average tendencies of a person. E. g. on average, a high-talkative person starts more conversations than a low-talkative person. Research on personality traits asks four kinds of questions: Psychological mechanisms like traits except the term mechanisms refers more to the processes of personality. Someone who is extraverted may look for and notice opportunities to interact with other people they are more prepared to notice and act on certain kinds of social information. Most psychological mechanisms have 3 essential ingredients inputs.
