PSYB30H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Nomothetic, Personality Psychology, Human Nature
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Psyb30 lecture 1 introduction to personality. Definition of personality: set of psychological traits and mechanisms within the individual that"s organized and relatively enduring. Influences his/her interactions with, adaptations to, the environment (intrapsychic, physical & social: psychological traits characteristics that describe ways in which people are different from each other. Describes the average tendencies of a person. A high-talkative person starts more conversation than a low-talkative person: consistency of personality based on your personal experience with friends, family members and knowledge about yourself, four kinds of questions: How is talkativeness related to other traits, such as impulsivity and extraversion. Do talkative people have many friends: human nature. Traits and mechanism of personality that are typical of our species and possessed by nearly everyone. Individual differences ways in which each person is like some other people. Group differences ways in which the people of one group differ from people in another group.