PSYB30H3 Chapter 4: Chapter 4 Review
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personality generalizations doesn"t really apply to every single person. trait talk can be used for good and bad. traits can come with labels or stereotypes that can objectify people labels that turn people into objects in the minds of others. can use trait talk to size up people quickly without actually knowing them. most troubling is the use of trait attributions in the service of oppression and prejudice. stereotypes out-groups and strangers can lead to a lot of hatred and justify discrimination, warfare, slavery, and even genocide. first and most general level of individual differences between people: the level of dispositional traits. rooted in common sense and everyday observation. we notice consistencies within a given person and differences between different people. first they will consider traits as internal dispositions that are relatively stable over time and across situations. third, different traits are generally seen as additive and independent.
