PSYC 2130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Determinism, Personality Psychology

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2130
• Professor: Frank Marchese

Document Summary

Personality: unique, dynamic organization of characteristics of a particular person, physical and psychological, which influence behaviour and responses to the social and physical environment. Paradigm: shared set of assumptions and orientation that directs research activity and interpretations. Scientific field is considered mature when most practitioners operate within same theoretical framework/paradigm. Strategies: major theoretical orientations to personality psychology. Psychoanalytic strategy: personality is driven by one or more underlying forces within the person. Dispositional strategy: personality is a set of enduring characteristics, with ind differing on how much of each characteristic they possess. Environmental strategy: personality is shaped by an enormous set of external conditions and circumstances impinging on the ind; how and what ind learns through interaction with enviro. Representational strategy: personality is a reflection of the ways ind mentally rep themselves and the people, objects, and evernts they experience. Theoretical construct: basic terms and building blocks of theory; to describe and explain observations.