PSYB30H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Personality Psychology, Social Environment, Signify
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Artisole analyzed many personality characters like truthfulness, courage, intelligence, self- indulgence, anger proneness & friendliness. Mary goes to parties because she is outgoing = using personality to explain behavior. Jake is conscientious & reliable = describing features of personality. Features of personality: thoughtful, intelligent, ambitious; features of personality make ppl diff from one another & usually take form of adjectives ex)john is lazy, mary is optimistic, fred is anxious. Trait-descriptive adjectives: adjectives that can be used to describe characteristics of people. Personality: set of psychological traits & mechanisms within the individual that are organized & relatively enduring & that influence his/her interactions w/& adaptations to, the intrapsychic, physical & social environments. Psychological traits: are characteristics that describe ways in which ppl are diff from each other. Saying that someone is shy is to mention one way in which he/she diffe(cid:396)s f(cid:396)o(cid:373) othe(cid:396)s (cid:449)ho"(cid:396)e more outgoing. Traits also define ways in which ppl are similar to some others.
