PSYC 332 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Big Five Personality Traits, Stanford Prison Experiment, Kurt Lewin
Document Summary
Understanding basic human nature: maslow"s hierarchy of needs, in theory applies to all individuals. Helps predict behaviour across situations and overtime. The doctrine of traits : social behaviour varies depending on internal behavioural dispositions which makes it coherent, stable, consistent and predictable. The doctrine of situationism : social behaviour varies depending on features of the external environment (social situation) which cause behaviour or communicate social expectations, demand and incentives. Power of the situation overrides individual differences. Bystander intervention (darley and latan ): diffusion of responsibility. Person x situation: b = f(p, e), subjective experiences (kurt lewin) Rise of cognitive psychology: behaviour occurs in response to the perceived meaning of stimulus and reflects active cognitive processes. Ethical issues about creating powerful situations: obedience/conformity to authority (stanley milgram) Crisis in personality psychology: personality coefficient: r = . 30 (mischel, 1968) specifics of the situation. Also true for ceos born in march/april in the us.
