PSYC 3300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: John Godfrey Saxe, Crop Circle, Cognitive Dissonance

• School: University of Windsor
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3300
• Professor: Ken Cramer

Document Summary

Personality: what it is and how to get one: definition: a consistent set of behaviour patterns originating within the individual, consistent, behaviour patterns, originating within, individual. Galen said we differ due to different fluids. : melancholic (black bile, emotionally unstable and introverted, choleric (yellow bile, emotionally unstable and extraverted. People who like blue may harbour needs for tranquillity. People who like green may harbour needs to impress others. I always believed it was the things you don"t choose that make you who you are: your city, your neighbourhood, your family . Freedom vs determinism: consider these issues (pinocchio strings, drug and alcohol addictions, obesity, advertising, movies, video games, twinkies (dan white"s defence, smokin" hot smile that makes you wanna melt. Conscious vs unconscious: most of our behaviour is completely outside of our awareness. Pull means you have goals in mind, and not merely responding .