PPE 3003 1st Edition Lecture 1 Outline of Current Lecture I Personality Defined II Traits III Mechanisms IV Personality Analysis V TIPI Test Current Lecture A Personality Defined a The set of psychological traits and mechanisms within the individual that are organized and relatively enduring and that influence his or her interactions with and adaptations to the environment including the intrapsychic physical and social environment B Traits a Definition A unique set of consistent emotional cognitive and behavioral dispositions or tendencies i How you typically feel think and act ii The WHAT of personality iii How people are different from each other b Useful because i Describer people ii Explain behavior iii Predict future behavior C Mechanisms a The HOW of personality i How does personality affect behavior b Three Main Parts i Inputs or Attention 1 Becoming more sensitive to certain information ii Decision Rules or Available Options 1 More likely to think about specific options iii Outputs or Actual Behavior 1 Guide behavior to certain kinds of events or actions c Personality is influenced by personality the environment and your behavior D Personality Analysis a Human Nature i How we are like all others ii Personality traits and mechanisms possessed by nearly everyone b Individual Group Differences i Individual Differences 1 Ways in which each person is like different from some other people a Ex being high or low in sensation seeking sky diving ii Group Differences 1 How people differ across groups a Ex cultural differences age differences c Individual Uniqueness i How we are like no others ii Everyone has unique qualities not share by any other person 1 Even twins have exact same DNA but different personalities E TIPI Test a Ten Item Personality Inventory b The Big Five i Openness ii Conscientiousness iii Agreeableness iv Neuroticism Emotional Stability v Extraversion c Scale 10 questions each with 2 adjectives as to how closely you think they describe you i 1 to 7 with 7 being most like you d Reverse Score i Add to the maximum point on the scale ii Subtract the initial score from that number e Bell Curve i Standard Deviation 1 2 14 34
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