PSYA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Apperception, Agreeableness, Unconscious Mind

• School: UTSC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYA02H3
• Professor: Kyle Danielson

Document Summary

Big five personality dimensions ocean (openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism) Produced through factor analysis of a bunch of traits, found 5 that have no correlation with each other. Greatest contributing factor to personality = genetics. Greatest amount of personality change happens early in life. Change in personality over the lifespan tends to happen gradually and slightly; typically your personality traits tend to increase across time. Your absolute rate might change but you maintain your rank (ie you may individually become more extroverted but you will remain in the same percentile) Describe the other 4 personality theories and how they are different from the trait. The other 4 personality theories put less emphasis on biology personality. Summarize the main arguments of the behaviourist and social-cognitive theories of. Characterize the psychodynamic structure of the mind ( id/ego/superego ) List and give examples of the eight defense mechanisms and explain how they help to.