Slide 1COURSE OVERVIEWSlide 3INTRODUCTIONActivityActivitySlide 7Slide 8EXERCISEPERSONALITYSlide 11Slide 12“Snoop: What your stuff says about you” Sam Gosling, Ph.D.IDENTITY CLAIMSTATTOOSFEELING REGULATORSBEHAVIORAL RESIDUESURVEY OF PERSONALITYSPRING 2014KENDRA OGLETREE CUSAAC, PH.D.LICENSED CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINACOURSE OVERVIEW•SYLLABUS•COURSE OBJECTIVES•EXPECTATIONS•COURSE SCHEDULEWHAT IS PERSONALITY?CHAPTER 1INTRODUCTION•DEFINE, BRIEFLY WHAT IS MEANT BY THE TERM “PERSONALITY.”ACTIVITY•AT THE TOP OF A BLANK SHEET OF PAPER, PLACE THE WORDS “I AM”. •PROCEED TO LIST THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT ARE TRUE ABOUT YOU AT THE MOMENT.ACTIVITY•BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THE CULTURALLY PRESCRIBED ROLE ASSOCIATED WITH EACH ITEM ON YOUR LIST. • DO YOU BELIEVE A PERSON WHO EITHER REFUSES TO PLAY A SOCIALLY PRESCRIBED ROLE, OR IS INCAPABLE OF DOING SO, WILL EXPERIENCE SOCIAL PRESSURE OF SOME TYPE? EXPLAIN.Adjective Checklist•Affectionate•Boastful•Demanding•Forceful•Impatient•Moody•Persistent•Sarcastic•Submissive•UninhibitedOAmbitiousOCheerfulODominantOGenerousOInsightfulOOptimisticOPrudishOSensitiveOTolerantOVindictiveAssertiveCynicalFearfulHigh-strungMeekOpinionatedRelaxedSociableTrustingWithdrawn•HOW OFTEN HAVE YOU DESCRIBED SOMEONE AS HAVING A TERRIFIC PERSONALITY?•HOW OFTEN HAVE YOU DESCRIBED SOMEONE AS HAVING A TERRIBLE PERSONALITY?#•WHAT DO YOU MEAN?EXERCISE•WHEN WE LEARN ABOUT A PERSON, WHAT IS IT WE LEARN?•DISCUSS A INDIVIDUAL YOU HAVE JUST MET.PERSONALITY•THINK ABOUT HOW YOU DEVELOP IDEAS ABOUT PEOPLE.•YOU OBSERVE AND INTERACT WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.<•YOU REFLECT ON YOURSELF.<•YOU GET IDEAS FROM BOOKS, SONGS, MOVIES, TV SHOWS, AND PLAYS.•PERSONALITY THEORISTS ADDRESS THE TOTAL PERSON.•PERSONALITY THEORISTS TRY TO UNDERSTAND HOW ALL THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF AN INDIVIDUAL’S FUNCTIONING ARE RELATED TO EACH OTHER.THE FIELD OF PERSONALITY ADDRESSES THREEISSUES:(1) HUMAN UNIVERSALS(2) INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES(3) INDIVIDUAL UNIQUENESS“SNOOP: WHAT YOUR STUFF SAYS ABOUT YOU” SAM GOSLING, PH.D. •OUR PSYCHOLOGICAL FOOTPRINTS WE LEAVE IN OUR SPACES AND THE DIFFERENT WAYS PERSONALITY IS EXPRESSED:<1.IDENTITY CLAIMS2.FEELING REGULATORS3.BEHAVIORAL RESIDUEIDENTITY CLAIMS•ARE EITHER DIRECTED TOWARD OTHERS OR DIRECTED AT THE SELF, AND BOTH KINDS HAVE THEIR OWN PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS.TATTOOS•TATTOOS ARE USUALLY REGARDED AS “OTHER-DIRECTED” IDENTITY CLAIMS.•PROCLAIM:•PARTICULAR VALUE•ATTITUDE•ALLEGIANCE•CONTINUED COMMITMENT•PLACEMENT CAN MAKE IT A SELF-DIRECTED IDENTITY CLAIM.•PLACEMENT DETERMINES THE PSYCHOLOGICAL FUNCTION THAT IT SERVES.FEELING REGULATORS•MUCH OF THE STUFF WE GATHER ABOUT US AND THE ENVIRONMENTS WE CREATE ARE THERE NOT TO SEND MESSAGES ABOUT OUR IDENTITIES BUT SPECIFICALLY TO MANAGE OUR EMOTIONS AND THOUGHTS.BEHAVIORAL RESIDUE•THE TRACES LEFT IN THE ENVIRONMENT BY OUR EVERYDAY ACTIONS. •THE RESIDUE OF ACTIONS DO LEAVE THEIR MARK AND CAN TELL US A LOT ABOUT A PERSON’S TRAITS, VALUES, AND
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