Chapter #1: The Study of the Person

Psychological Triad

how people think, feel, and behave/thoughts, feelings, and behaviors

Personality

“an individual’s characteristic patterns of thought, emotion, and behavior, together with the psychological mechanisms–hidden or not–behind those patterns.”

Trait Approach

psychological difference in people

Biological Approach

using the body to understand the mind; anatomy, physiology, genetics, evolution

Psychoanalytic Approach

internal conflicts and the unconscious mind

Phenomenological Approach

conscious experience of the world around you; free will

Humanistic Approach

how that conscious awareness produces unique attributions; understanding meaning and happiness

Cross-Cultural Approach

difference in experience across cultures

Cognitive Approach

behavioral changes resulting from rewards, punishments, and experiences

Classic Behaviorism

overt behavior

Social Learning

behaviorism in terms of observation and self-evaluation

Cognitive Personality

perception, memory, and thought processes

One Big Theory (OBT

Basic approaches are strongly advocated to be universal and explicative of everything, so bias is profoundly used, although it is important to note that they aren’t mutually exclusive and address different questions and concerns