PSY 202 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Sigmund Freud, Reality Principle, Trait Theory
21 Mar 2017
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Personality - people"s typical ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving. We"re not exclusively a product of the social factors we"re exposed to. Trait - relatively enduring predisposition that influences our behaviour across many situations. Nomothetic approach - approach to personality that focuses on identifying general laws that govern the behaviour of all individuals. Deriving principles that explain the thinking, emotions, and behaviours of all people. Idiographic approach - approach to personality that focuses on identifying the unique configuration of characteristics and life history experiences within a person. Genetic factors - regardless of how and by whom we are raised. Shared environmental factors - experiences that make individuals within the same family more alike (e. g. parents try to make both of their children more outgoing) Nonshared environmental factors - experiences that make individuals within the same family less alike (e. g. if a parent treats one child more affectionately than the other resulting in that child having more self-esteem)
