PSY100H1 Chapter Notes -Positive Psychology, Extraversion And Introversion, Defence Mechanisms
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Chapter 13: personality: personality: the characteristic thoughts, emotional responses, and behaviours that are relatively stable in an individual over time and across circumstances. E. g. , job interviews, funerals, hanging out with your boss. E. g. , at home, at a bar, hanging out with friends. Different ways of studying & understanding personality: unconscious processes. Emphasizes the influence of unconscious forces on behaviour: defence mechanisms: unconscious mental strategies the mind uses to protect itself. Emphasize personal experience and belief systems; propose that people seek personal growth to fulfill their human potential. Self-actualization: roger"s person-centred approach, phenomenology subjective human experience, unconditional positive regard, positive psychology, e. g. , broaden-and-build theory. Implicit personality theory we tend to believe that certain personality characteristics go together. The big five(or five-factor theory: openness to experience, conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism. The ten item personality inventory (tipi) i see myself as: Bandura human"s possess mental capacities, such as beliefs, thoughts, and expectations, that interact with environment to influence behaviour.
