PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Latency Stage, Reality Principle, Collective Unconscious

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Gerald Goldberg

Document Summary

Although no one is entirely consistent in behaviour, this quality of consistency across situations lies at the core of the concept of personality. Distinctiveness is also central to the concept of personality. Personality is used to explain why not everyone acts the same way in similar situations. varied reactions to the same situation occur because each person has a different personality. In summary, the concept of personality is used to explain: the sta(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) i(cid:374) a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iou(cid:396) o(cid:448)e(cid:396) ti(cid:373)e a(cid:374)d a(cid:272)(cid:396)oss situatio(cid:374)s (cid:894)(cid:272)o(cid:374)siste(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:455)(cid:895) a(cid:374)d the behavioural differences among people reacting to the same situation (distinctiveness). Personality (cid:396)efe(cid:396)s to a(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s u(cid:374)i(cid:395)ue (cid:272)o(cid:374)stellatio(cid:374) of (cid:272)o(cid:374)siste(cid:374)t (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iou(cid:396)al t(cid:396)aits. A personality trait is a durable disposition to behave in a particular way in a variety of situations. Adjectives such as honest, dependable, moody, impulsive, suspicious, anxious, excitable, domineering, and friendly describe dispositions that represent personality traits. Most approaches to personality assume that some traits are more basic than others.