Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Collective Unconscious, Autonomic Nervous System, Impulsivity

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Arises from the spectrum of human individuality we observe people differ meaningfully in the ways they customarily think, feel, and act. Some theorists say we are like all other people, like some other people or like no other person. Rests on the observation that people seem to behave somewhat consistently over time and across different situations gives notion to personality traits. Personality the distinctive and relatively enduring ways of thinking, feeling, and acting that characterize a person"s responses to life situations. The study of personality has been guided by psychodynamic, humanistic, biological, behavioural, cognitive, and sociocultural perspectives. Look for the causes of behaviour in a dynamic interplay of inner forces that often conflict with one another. They also focus on unconscious determinant of behaviour. Freud considered personality to be an energy system, like the steam engines of his day. Instinctual drives generate psychic energy, which powers the mind and constantly presses for either direct or indirect release.