PSYB30H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Collectivism, Nomothetic, Psychosexual Development
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We all use personality to explain ones behaviour (e. g your friend is outgoing) Features of personality make people diferent from one another and these features take the form of adjecives. Trait - descripive adjecives : adjecives that are used to describe characterisics of people. Nearly 20 000 such trait descripive adjecives in english o. This tells us that in everyday life there are compelling reasons for trying to understand and describe those we interact with, as well as ourselves. The adjecives describing personality refer to several very diferent aspects of people o o o o o o. Charming and humorous = the efects a person has on people. Domineering = are relaional and signify a person"s posiion or stance toward others. Ambiious = refer to the intensity of desire to reach our goals. Creaive = quality of mind and to the nature of the products we produce. Deceiful = refer to the strategies a person uses to atain a goal.
