[PSYB30H3] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 117 pages long Study Guide!
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Neuroticism: provides a comprehensive description of basic dimensions of variability in human psychological qualities that are implicated in consequential social behavior. Filling in the details: characteristic adaptations: organizing characteristics, concepts for thinking and talking about details of psychological individuality a. i. Pattern of interests and values: trait attributions, useful because they tell us about trends in behavior over time and across different situations, settings, and contexts, aspects of personality contextualized in time, place, and / or role b. i. Contextualized facets of psychological individuality that speak to motivational, cognitive, and developmental concerns in personality b. i. 1. a. How do people seek what they desire and avoid what they fear? b. i. 1. a. iii. How do people develop plans, goals, and programs for their lives? b. i. 1. a. iv. How do people think about and cope with the challenges of social life? b. i. 1. a. v. What psychological and social tasks await people at particular stages or times in their lives: three major theories to categorize characteristic adaptations, human motivation a. i.
