PSYC 2600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Human Nature

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2600
• Professor: Deanna C Whelan

Document Summary

Personality traits: characteristics that describe ways in which people are different from each other. A(cid:448)e(cid:396)age te(cid:374)de(cid:374)(cid:272)ies, help des(cid:272)(cid:396)i(cid:271)e people, help e(cid:454)plai(cid:374) a(cid:374)d p(cid:396)edi(cid:272)t (cid:449)hat people"s (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iou(cid:396) (cid:373)a(cid:455) (cid:271)e. Input: you saw (cid:455)ou(cid:396) f(cid:396)ie(cid:374)d at a (cid:271)us stop if (cid:455)ou"(cid:396)e f(cid:396)ie(cid:374)dl(cid:455). De(cid:272)isio(cid:374) (cid:396)ules: you sa(cid:455) (cid:271)(cid:455)e i a(cid:373) late a(cid:374)d lea(cid:448)e (cid:449)ithout stopping by to see a friend or actually go up to them. Outputs: leave by saying bye see you later and do(cid:374)"t go to see a f(cid:396)ie(cid:374)d. pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)alit(cid:455): see(cid:374) as (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g (cid:862)(cid:449)ithi(cid:374) the i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual(cid:863). You(cid:396) personality impacts our actions, how we behave, how we feel and think. 3 levels of personality analysis: human nature, individual and group differences, individual uniqueness. Hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:374)atu(cid:396)e: ho(cid:449) a(cid:396)e (cid:449)e (cid:862)like all othe(cid:396)(cid:863). Lots of diffe(cid:396)e(cid:374)t la(cid:374)guages i(cid:374) the (cid:449)o(cid:396)ld, (cid:271)ut e(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:455)o(cid:374)e has a need to communicate with each other. Traits and mechanisms of personality that are typical of our species and possessed by nearly everyone.