PSYC 2600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Agreeableness, Slacker, Blood Pressure

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2600
• Professor: Lorena Ruci

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Adje(cid:272)ti(cid:448)es used to des(cid:272)ri(cid:271)e so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e"s perso(cid:374)alit(cid:455) helps us (cid:373)ake se(cid:374)se of the(cid:373) We use this information to know to interact with them. Ex. it is unlikely that we will choose a study partner who is disorganized, forgetful or a slacker. Set of psychological traits (innate tendencies, they are stable over time) Mechanisms: the aspects of personality that change over time, they are adaptable. Organized and relatively enduring: there is consistency in personality. Adaptations: the ways that people change to adapt to the needs of the environment. We adapt to people"s i(cid:374)(cid:374)er (cid:449)orlds, to people"s ph(cid:455)sical realties, and the social environment. Traits are used in the three ways. Example: someone who is extraverted will seek situations where they can be outgoing, and interact with people, the output is that they are seen as friendly/high energy. The inner world is accessible to others. Personality influences how we interpret the world.