PSYC 217 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Walter Mischel, Rorschach Test, Phallic Stage
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Aggressiveness, conscientiousness etc: mechanisms - how we think, how we process, organized not random, persistent patterns, relatively enduring tend to stay the same throughout adulthood. What is personality: descriptive traits (e. g. , intelligent, hard-working, values & beliefs (e. g. , honest, religious, motives & goals (e. g. , achievement-motivated, emotional tendencies (e. g. , moody, anxious, memories/life stories (cid:894)e. g. , (cid:862)(cid:373)(cid:455) fathe(cid:396) o(cid:374)l(cid:455) took (cid:373)(cid:455) (cid:455)ou(cid:374)ge(cid:396) (cid:271)(cid:396)othe(cid:396) o(cid:374) outi(cid:374)g(cid:863)(cid:895) Clues about personality: thoughts (beliefs, values, expectations) I think that relationships are more important than school. I think that most people can be trusted: feelings (emotions, passions) I feel nervous when i first meet someone: behaviours (actions; what you do) I could kill someone in the right circumstances. Distinctiveness + consistency: distinctivenes: how individuals differ from one another, consistency: the idea that people will behave similarly across situations. Def: behaviourism: a theoretical orientation based on the premise that scientific psychology should study only observable behaviour, radical behaviorists: behaviour is fully determined by environmental stimuli.
