PSYC 2130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Dynamin, Heredity, Testability

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Despite the several persona one has, they may have common themes to that persona. Forgetfulness is common when different personas are shown (sign of awkwardness) Freud & jung believed that people have both feminine and masculine traits (some reinforced) Spontaneous recovery: response reoccurring after being extinguished (pavlov) Kluckhohn & murray every person is in certain respects; Influences: heredity, enviro, & combination of both: like all other people, like some other people, like no other person. Pervin personality represents characteristics of person that account for consistent patterns. Allport personality is the dynamin organization thin the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine characteristic thought and behaviour. Organized & structured (not accumulation of traits) Psychological concept within a physical entity; body, mind-body interaction. Causal force that influences thought and action (ex. introverts become depressed & extroverts become manic) Functions of theory: organize and clarify observation, explain causes so predictions can occur, provide understanding of origins, generate new ideas and research.

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