PSYC 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Operant Conditioning, Analytical Psychology, Observational Learning
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Personality is a unique collection of traits relatively stable across situations and time: walter mischel (behaviourist) (cid:858)perso(cid:374)ality(cid:859) is(cid:374)(cid:859)t a valid concept, he says instead, we should look at situations. It is better to predict behaviour on situational basis as compared to overall personality: he believed there is much less consistency across situations than people think, david russ (cid:858)perso(cid:374)ality(cid:859) is (cid:448)alid. In fact, it is adaptive (perhaps crucial) for attracting & picking mates: most behaviour is consistent across periods of time. [verified by freudian slips and dreams: defence mechanisms. They are mostly unconscious reactions that protect a person from unpleasant emotions. Attri(cid:271)uti(cid:374)g o(cid:374)e(cid:859)s o(cid:449)(cid:374) thoughts, feelings or motives to another. Diverting feelings (anger) from original source to a substitute target. Behaving in a way exactly opposite to o(cid:374)e(cid:859)s true feelings. Traumatised soldier buries the close death encounter (& barely remembers it) Feeling guilty about lusting for someone, one may attribute the feeli(cid:374)g to the other perso(cid:374)(cid:859)s desire to seduce them.
