Psychology 2550A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Webct, Personality Psychology, Behavioural Genetics

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2550A/B
• Professor: David Vollick

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Directly if you have questions* exams: 80 mc questions, first two in class. Explain & predict [what personality really is: disadvantages. Defining personality: many definitions, but no single meaning is accepted universally. A unique, dynamic, organization of unique characteristics of an individual that influences behaviours & responses to the environment of that person. Be expressed in many ways: different with family/friends/professionals. Be organized (disorganization is a sign of disturbance) Influence how the individual relates to the social world [introverts, extroverts] Stable, coherent individual differences: behaviour that changes frequently, may not be indicative of one"s personality. Predicting and understanding: identifying consistent, stable individual differences is an important goal. It makes it possible both to describe people and to predict their future behaviour. Theory and levels of analysis in personality psychology. Early big picture theory: early theories - such as. Aristotle"s: the brain to be the seat of the rational mind.