PSYC 2130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Costs In English Law, Trait Theory, Ancient Greek

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2130
• Professor: Frank Marchese

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This study guide is not a substitute for reading all of the assigned chapters in the textbook and concentrating on theory, concepts, and methods. For coming into being" book, chapters 3, 4, This is a guide only to accompany your class notes and assigned readings in both books. Chapter 7: assigned: chapter 7: dispositional strategy: define disposition and theory of 4 temperaments (178-184). A disposition: an enduring, relatively stable personality characteristic, in which individuals differ. The idea of a trait makes sense as a unifying concept. Used to organize and explain the actions of others for thousand of years. By knowing an individuals type, you could predict the way that individual would behave in a variety of situations. Theory of 4 temperaments: based on the ancient greek idea that the universe can be describes in terms of four basic elements: air, earth, fire and water.