PSYC 332 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Big5, Shyness, Longitudinal Study

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 332
• Professor: Richard Koestner

Document Summary

Personality: characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that make a person unique. arises from within the individual and remains fairly consistent across situations and time. E: tendency to be outgoing, sociable and assertive: is self confidence and assertiveness. not just ppl-oriented and trying to make everyone happy. I: tendency to be inward turning, or focused more on internal thoughts, feelings and moods rather than seeking out external stimulation: have to distinguish between introversion, shyness and social anxiety. they"re not all the same! E and i are not types , it"s instead a dimension (you can fall anywhere in between). most of us are in the middle. but we can move within in the dimension as we go along life. Paper option: analyze a character in a recent movie from view of personality research (rate on big 5 traits, and level 2/3 analysis learned later). consider other issues discussed in class (how character personality developed and changed)