PS286 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Neuroticism, Superego Records, Team Sport
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A dynamic organization, inside the person, of psychophysical systems that create a person"s characteristic patterns of behaviour, thoughts and feelings: dynamic. Trait: response specific to a particular situation and moment in time, dynamic. How can personality include consistent ways a person behaviours, but changes personalities in stations: personality paradox. Seeming contradiction that personality is both stable and dynamic! Personality is : a distinct set of characteristics (uniqueness, generally stable over time. Flexibility allows us to learn and adopt to situations: influence thoughts, feelings and actions. Hollander (1976: 3 components to personality. Stable, deepest level values, attitudes, memories, self- perception. Dynamic, changing based on role expectations and situations. Personality = dynamic set of processes in conflict. What is the reality of the situation: super-ego conscience, morality, right/wrong, id and super-ego always in conflict, ego the mediator. Ps286: physiological needs, basic food, water, shelter, sleep etc, safety needs, security, stability, order, financial, social needs, belonging, connection, love, esteem needs a.
