PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Toilet Training, Machismo, Reality Principle

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

Document Summary

Definition: unique constellation of consistent behaviour straits : no single individual who is exactly the same as someone else, own set of genes and environment from beginning, even identical twins are not the same. Everyone shows some consistency: across time, across situations (individual difference) Uniqueness: everyone has their own special blends, factors and cluster of traits that tends to help differentiate among people (ex. introversion and extroversion) Flexibility vs rigidity: additional parameters that will affect consistency, benefits of flexibility - able to adapt and adjust to the situational demand. Freud: (1856-1939): first comprehensive theory of personality: discovered unconscious causes to behaviour, behaviour and personality is based on early experience, most of which is repressed. Ages 0-5, forces applies and destiny is shaped by first 5 years of life: unresolved conflicts over sexual and aggressive instincts forms the basis of personality. The structure of personality: id (birth onward) Container of energy that fuels behaviour and promotes survival.