Psychology 1000 Chapter 12: Chapter 12.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Prof

Document Summary

We are in some ways like all others, some others, and no others (past or future) From obs that people behave somewhat consistently over time and across situations. Consistency personality traits (ways we respond to world) Personality: distinctive and relatively enduring ways of thinking, feeling, acting that characterize person"s responses to life situations. Modest stability child adult; greater as enter adulthood (but can still change meaningfully) Perceived internal cause more internal than externally influenced. Perceived organization and structure bhvrs fit together suggesting inner personality guiding and directing. All perspectives different views on personality (partly because each researcher has diff personality) Personality psychologists: subjective truth < usefulness as theories. Provides comprehensive framework within which known facts can be incorporated: allows us to predict future with some accuracy. Causes of behvr in dynamic interplay of often conflicting inner forces, unconscious (e. g. freud)