Personality important terms (part 1)

Traits

a person’s usual way of thinking, feeling, and behaving over a long time

State

temporary change in how a person thinks, feels or behaves, usually caused by a situation

Free association

A method were a person says whatever comes to mind after a prompt or word

• goal is to find patters/hideen thoughts that reveal something important about their personality or inner world

Self-concept

All your thoughts and feelings about who you are

Individualism

Trusting your own feelings and making choices based on them

• all humans have the capacity of being good

Person-situation controversy

Whether personality traits or situation influences a person

• explains why people do what they do

• One context then situation influenced behavior - multiple behaviors then person/personality predicted

Narcissism

Someone thinks they’re better than others, wants lots of attention, and uses people to get what they want

Pseudo-psychology

Fake psychology that seems scientific but isn’t based on real research or evidence

Physiognomy

Belief that you can learn about someone’s personality by looking at their face or body

(Sheldon’s body types)

Phrenology

Idea that you feel someone’s skull then you can determine personality depending on bumps and divots

Four humors

There are 4 different liquids in body and depending one what you have too much can cause different personalities/characteristics