PSY 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Albert Bandura, Agreeableness, Neuroticism
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With age, personality traits become more stable. Everyone in adulthood becomes more conscientious and agreeable. Stability change over the life span: not much. Heritability in general, genes account for 50% of the variation for most traits. Are your behaviors due to situations or stable traits? disciplined) Specific behaviors can very in different situations. We change interests, careers, relationships, but averaging your behavior. Personality traits can predict mortality and divorce. Albert bandura personality is result of interaction between peoples traits. Reciprocal back and forth influence with no primary cause. Environment (including how you think about things) and their social context across many occasions does reveal distinct traits. Our personalities shape how we interpret and react to events. Our personalities help create situations to which we are in. Achieve more in school and work, better at coping with stress, less risk for depression. External loc chance or outside forces determine my fate. Self-control ability to control impulses and delay gratification.
