PSYB30H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-3: Longitudinal Study, Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, Gordon Allport
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Ch. 1 : understanding the building blocks of personality. People who more likely to venture forth in world to meet others. Scientific study of what make us who we are, with scientific method of investigation. Identifying ways in which people are both similar and different. Identify and study building blocks of make us think and act as we do. Individuals elements make up as a whole personality. Personality is more than a sum of individual"s part. Traits, genetics, neuroscience, self & identity etc. Including culture, society, and socialization by parents and peers. Social environment impact on personality at multiple levels. Traits: person"s typical way of thinking, feeling, and acting in various situations. Consistent across our lives and expressed in many ways. Genetics: study of how gene and environment affect personality and behavior. Every genetic components has an environmental components as well. Nature and nurture works together to make us who we are.
