PSYC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Gordon Allport, Albert Bandura, Mortality Salience

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC100
• Professor: Begosh Kristen

Document Summary

First described by gordon allport who was more concerned with describing behaviors. Factor analysis- statistical analysis used to identify clusters of traits. Trait- characteristic pattern of behavior or disposition to feel and act. Psychoticism- aggressive and egocentric: conscientiousness- decrease in middle adulthood, agreeableness- increase in middle adulthood, neuroticism- increase in middle adulthood, openness- increase in middle adulthood, extraversion- increase in middle adulthood. Reciprocal determinism- interacting influences of behavior, internal cognition & Personalities shape how we interpret events and create situations to which we react. Social-cognitive perspective- behavior is influenced by interaction between traits and social context. Aggression is a function of mortality salience and provocation. Personal control- extent to which we perceive control over our environment. External locus of control- perception that our fate is controlled by chance or outside forces that are beyond our personal control. Internal locus of control- perception that we control our own fate (e. g. high achieve in school and less depression.