PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes -Big Five Personality Traits, Social Cognitive Theory, Albert Bandura

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

Document Summary

Personality- refers to an individual"s unique constellation of consistent behavioural traits. Personality trait- is a durable disposition to behave in a particular way in a variety of situations. The concept of personality explains the consistency in people"s behaviour over time and across situations while also explaining their distinctiveness. Factor analysis can be used to identify higher-order traits form which specific traits are derived. There is considerable debate as to how many trait dimensions are necessary to account for the variation in personality. Nonetheless, the five factor model has become the dominant conception of personality structure. The big five personality traits are extraversion, neuroticism, openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness. Psychodynamic theories- include all the diverse theories descended from the work of sigmund freud, which focus on unconscious mental forces. Defense mechanisms- are largely unconscious reactions that protect a person from unpleasant emotions such as anxiety and guilt.