PS101 Chapter Notes -Extraversion And Introversion, Natural Selection, Psychoticism
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Self-concept: collection of beliefs about one"s own nature, unique qualities & typical behavior. Incongruence: the degree of disparity between one"s self-concept & actual experience. I think i"m smart but i fail cp102. Human motives are organized into a hierarchy of needs like hunger, thirst and then less basic needs like potential and beauty. Need to fulfill one"s potential = highest need = healthy personality. Consistent patterns of behavior because of stable response tendencies acquired through learning. Operant conditioning = consequences, reinforcement and punishment. Behavior determines environment and environment determines behavior. Observational learning: when an organisms responding is influenced by the observation of others, who are called models . Natural selection has favored certain traits over the course of human history. Views personality structure as a hierarchy of traits. 3 higher order traits: extraversion, neuroticism and psychoticism. Source of motivation = superiority = goal of life. Striving superiority = universal chive to adapt, improve one"s self and master life"s challenge.
