PPE 3003 Chapter 1: Chapter 1 Book Notes

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Psychology In Personality
• Course: PPE 3003
• Professor: Martin Heesacker

Document Summary

1. 1. 1: where do personality theories come from: deductive approach: conclusions follow logically from the premises or assumptions; we use our knowledge of basic laws or principles in order to understand each person (generalizations to particular instances) Interactionist: understanding that we are different selves in different situations. 1. 2. 1: overview of the eight perspectives: temperament: individual"s characteristic emotional and motivational nature which is strongly influenced by multiple biological factors. 1. 3: a brief history of personality psychology (objective: recount the development of personality psychology: personality is only about a century old. 1. 3. 1: theater and self-presentation: roots of this subject can be traced back to theater, theophrastus, a pupil of aristotle, is one of the earliest known creators of character sketches. Idea of relative self means there is no underlying self beneath the mask only a true self that is comprised of masks; this challenged the idea of having any core self or personality.