PSYC 330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Neuroticism, Conscientiousness

• School: University of Victoria
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 330
• Professor: Jody Bain

Document Summary

2015 research-hasn"t been replicated: looking at young adult goals and plans to change personality traits, over 62 nations, personality change in young adults focuses on increased. Conscientiousness and agreeableness, with lower neuroticism: being liked, admired, and respected are key with less emotional negativity (resilience to negative emotions) Self: people believe that they know who are they are and who they are directs their choices, choices large and small feel identity-based and identity congruent. Identities are traits and characteristics, social relations, roles, and social group memberships that define who one is. Identities are orienting: they provide a meaning-making lens and focus one"s attention on some but not other features of the immediate context. ), self-esteem(what are my abilities), self-competency (who am i: precautious puberty may have an impact on the self. Self concept: the term self-concept is a general term used to refer to how someone thinks about, evaluates or perceived themselves (baumeister, 1999)