PSY-328 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Fatalism, Personality Psychology
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Personality: a stable set of behavioral and experiential characteristics of an individual. Central features: tend to be general in most people, places, and times. Peripheral features: associated with central one"s but tend to be more specific and relevant to particular circumstances. Scientific: knowledge accumulated through research, systematic empirical observation, and evaluation of a wide range of psychological phenomena. Facts are obtained with the help of scientific research methodologies and rigorous verification by multiple sources. Popular: everyday assumptions about psychological phenomena and behavior. Such assumptions are often expressed in the form of beliefs, evaluations, or prescriptions. Values: a consistent set of beliefs about the world, the nature of good and evil, right and wrong, and the purpose of human life. They"re all based on a certain organizing principle or central idea. Legal: knowledge encapsulated in the law and detailed in rules and principles related to the psychological functioning of individuals. Legal authorities commonly establish these rules and enforce them.
