Personality Psychology Chapter one

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Personality Psychology: Domains of knowledge about Human Nature by R.J. Larsen/D.M. Buss
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trait-descriptive adjectives adjectives that can be used to describe characteristics of a person -20,000 known traits
Personality -set of psychological traits and mechanisms w/in individual: organized +relatively enduring -influenced by environment +adaptions
Psychological Traits characteristics that describe ways in which ppl are different from others
average tendencies overtime traits tend to emit lower or higher frequency
research looks at what 4 questions 1. how many traits 2. organization of traits 3.origins of traits 4.correlation/consequence of traits
3 reasons of usefulness for personality traits 1. help describe people and difference created 2. explains behaviour 3. predict future behaviour
personality is describing, explaining, predicting differences among individuals
psychological mechanisms like traits except refers to the process of the personality
psychological mechanisms: 3 ingredients 1. inputs 2. rules 3. outputs
within the individual something a person carries with him/herself overtime from one situation from next.
Organized psychological traits and mechanisms for a given person are not simply a random collection of elements
what is organized? personality
psychological traits are_______ over time, particularly in adulthood enduring
influential forces personality means that personality traits and mechanisms can have an effect on people's lives -how we act, feel, interact with others and self, select environ.
person-environment interaction interactions with situations include perceptions, selections, evocations, manipulations
perception how we see/interpret environment
selection the manner in which we choose situations to enter -choosing friends, jobs, hobbies, classes, careers
Evocations reactions we produce in others, often quite unintentionally
Manipulations ways in which we intentionally attempt to influence others
adaptions convey notion that a central feature of personality concerns adaptive functioning -goals, copying, adjusting, dealing
environment poses challenges -direct threats to survival: temp, animals, food
Intrapsychic within the mind -memories and dreams, desires, fantasies, private experiences
3 levels of personality Kluckhohn +Murray 1.like all others(human nature) 2.like some others(level of individual/group diff) 3.like no others(individual uniquness)
human nature traits and mechanisms of personality that are typical for our species -need to belong, love
individual differences ways in which each person is like some other ppl
differences among groups differences in personality between groups of ppl -ex men vs. women
nomothetic statistical differences of individuals & groups, requiring samples of subjects on which to conduct research
Idiographic focuses on a single subject, trying to observe general principles that are manifest in a single life over time
grand theories of personality Sigmund Freud instincts of sex and aggression, id, ego, superego universal statement
domain of knowledge specialty area of science in which psychologists have focused on learning about specific, limited areas of human nature
researchers have developed: 1. methods for asking questions 2. known facts 3.theoretical explanations
6 domains of knowledge about human nature 1. dispositional domain 2. biological domain 3. intrapsychic 4. cognitive experiential domain 5. social/cultural domain 6. adjustment domain
within each domain of personality: 2 elements 1)theories and basic assumptions for each domain 2) empirical research accumulates
dispositional domain deals centrally with ways in which individuals differ one another -cuts across all domains -interest in # & nature of fundamental dispositions
biological domain collection of biological systems, building blocks for behavior, thought, emotion
3 areas if biological domain -genetics, evolution, psychophysiology -N.S. functioning
Intrapsychic domain Freud's theory of psycho analysis - instinctual, sexual aggressive, defense mechanisms, denial repression
cognitive-experimental domain cognition and subjective experience: feelings, thoughts, beliefs, desires, self-concept, goal-direction, expressing emotion
social/cultural domain effects of personality from culture on behaviour, divorce, depression, isolation, sex difference
Adjustment domain how we cope, adapt, adjust to ebb and flow of events, health related events, P.D., antisocial, MeD influence
a Good Theory has 3 purposes 1. guide for researchers 2. organizes findings 3. makes predictions
theories tested by systematic observation that can be repeated by others yielding similar results
beliefs personally useful/crucially important, based on faith, not facts/observation
5 scientific standards for evaluating personality theories comprehensiveness, heuristic value, testability, parsimony, compatibility/integration across domains
comprehensiveness theory is sound in explaining facts + observations, high in empirical findings
heuristic value -entail a guide to steer researchers to find new discoveries in personality
testability empirically testable, precision of prediction, falsifiable
parsimony few assumptions and premises, although personality is complex
compatibility and integration across domains/levels well-established principle has criterion in all domains, highlights and evaluates
grand unifying theory Darwin theory of evolution -leads to many new discoveries
grand unifying theory should unify all 6 domains there is no grand personality theory YET

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