PSYC 2510 Chapter 12: Psychology Chapter 12 notes
11 Feb 2017
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Psych chapter 12 personality notes: the nature of. The concept of personality is used to explain the stability in a person"s behaviour over time and across situations (consistency) the behavioural differences among people reacting to the same situation (distinctiveness) Personality- an individual"s unique constellation of consistent behavioural traits. Personality trait- a durable disposition to behave in a particular way in a variety of situations. Factor analysis- correlations among many variables are analyzed to identify closely related clusters of variables. *if measurements of personality traits correlate highly with one another, the assumption is that a single factor is influencing all of them. Warm, outgoing, attentive to others, kindly, easy-going, participating, likes people. Concrete thinking, lower general mental capacity, less intelligent, unable to handle abstract problems. Abstract-thinking, more intelligent, bright, higher general mental capacity, fast learner. Reactive emotionally, changeable, affected by feelings, emotionally less stable, easily upset. Deferential, cooperative, avoids conflict, submissive, humble, obedient, easily led, docile, accommodating.
