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Jerry M. Burger
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What is Personality?
Chapter 1
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Chapter Outline
The person and the situation
Defining personality
Six approaches to personality
Personality and culture
The study of personality:
Theory, application,
assessment, and research
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others
How he/she behaves in the
different situations
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Personality
Consistent behavior patterns and
Approaches to
Personality
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Approaches to
Personality
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Approaches to
Personality
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Aggression
Psychoanalytic approachs
explanation
People possess an unconscious
desire to self-destruct
Self-destructive impulses are expressed
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Aggression
the stability of aggressive behavior
Aggressive children are most likely to
aggression
Evolutionary theory
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Aggression
Humanistic approachs explanation
People are basically good
Aggression arises when something
Behavioral/social approachs
explanation
People learn to be aggressive
Aggressive behavior that is rewarded will
be repeated
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Aggression
Cognitive explanation
Certain cues in the environment
trigger a network of aggressive
thoughts and emotions
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Depression
Psychoanalytic approachs explanation
Depression is a result of holding
individuals
Persons general emotional level at
present can indicate that persons
emotions in the future
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Depression
Biological approachs explanation
Certain people inherit a genetic
susceptibility to depression
Humanistic approachs
explanation
People frequently suffering from
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Depression
Behavioral/social approachs
explanation
Depression results from a lack of
individuals personality
Individualistic cultures:
Emphasize on individual needs
and accomplishments
Individuals perceive themselves as
interpretation of an individual's
behavior
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Study of Personality:
Theory
Genetic versus environmental
influences
Biological and trait theorists argue that
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Study of Personality:
Theory
Conscious versus unconscious
determinants of behavior
Psychoanalyst view asserts that
Study of Personality:
Theory
Trait and cognitive theorists
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Study of Personality:
Theory
Free will versus determinism
Behaviorists argue that behavior is not
Study of Personality:
Theory
Trait theorists and biological
Study of Personality:
Application
Psychoanalytic therapists attend to
Study of Personality:
Application
Behaviorists structure the
Study of Personality:
Assessment
Researchers use self-report
ambiguous stimuli
Behavioral psychologists observe
Study of Personality:
Research
Test principles and assumptions of