PSY 236 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Pollination Syndrome
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A person"s characteristics variation on the evolved design for human nature . An individual"s characteristic patterns of emotion, thought and behavior, together with the psychological mechanisms --- hidden or not --- behind those patterns. A developing configuration of psychological individuality that expresses a person"s recognizable uniqueness, wherein life stories are layered over salient goals and values. Unpack and elaborate that definition using the rules and methods of science. We use reasoning and language to describe these differences. We formulate ideas about how and why people act as they do. We treat the differences we notice and label as real. This influences what we notice about others and how we treat them. This influences what others notice about us and how they treat us - we develop reputations. Similar results obtained by the measure at different times. Measures what we think it should measure. Predicts what we thinks it should predict. Components of personality science ii: causal explanations and connections.
