Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Julian Rotter, Soltyrei, Agreeableness

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: James Miller

Document Summary

Rogers self concept (self- esteem, congruence, threat, positive regard, self verification, self enhancement) Concept of personality rests on spectrum of human individuality; who are we like a lot, what we are not like. People differ meaningfully in ways they often think, feel and act. People behave consistently over time/across situations and develop personality traits through this. Personality traits characterize individuals" customary ways of responding to the world: consistency becomes greater as we enter adulthood. Personality: distinctive and relatively enduring ways of thinking, feeling and acting that characterize a person"s responses to life situations. Have 3 components: components of identity that individualize a person. Internal factors cause personality traits rather than environmental: person"s behaviours fit together in a meaningful fashion suggesting inner personality that guides/directs behaviour. Study of personality guided by all the perspectives; perspectives provide conceptions of what it is and how it works.