PSYB30H3 Chapter 10: Chapter 10 Notes
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Jerome johnson was african-american who was assigned to be martin luther king. 3 levels of personality: level 1 dispositional outline (traits, level 2 characteristic adaptations (motivations, cognition, development, level 3 life stories. tell us what overall meaning of life might be. we want to predict and control reality. Look for cause and effect, exemplified by scientists www. notesolution. com. Psyb30: nar rative mode: tendency to make sense of experience through stories. things aren"t explained by physical or logical causes. deals with human wants, needs and goals. tells story of human actor wanting to do something over time: stories t ry to say more than they mean, have multiple meanings, paradigmatic mode doesn"t try to say more than they mean (clear and precise) telling full life story of stressful experience, and feelings about it may enhance health. Psyb30: people that improved kept an organized story and were optimistic.
