PSYCH 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Personal Unconscious, Extraversion And Introversion, Oedipus Complex
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Personality: a distinctive pattern of behavior, thoughts, motives and emotions that are consistent in an individual over time. Personality traits: long-term disposition to behave in particular ways in a variety of situations. Mcrae and costa: developed the big five personality traits; believe most personality traits fall under these categories. Research on the big five traits shows that in general. Women tend to be higher than men on agreeableness and neuroticism. No gender differences found in openness to new experiences. Overall men and women seem to be more similar in personality than different. Social role theory: gender differences are based on cultural messages and expectations regarding appropriate behaviors, careers and activities. Eysenck"s theory: personality is determined by a large extent to one"s genes. All of personality emerges from 3 higher order traits that are biologically based (i. e. differences in cortical levels of arousal)