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Personality Personality Persona Personality The dynamic and organized set of characteristics possessed by a person that uniquely influences his or her cognitions, motivations, and behaviors in various situations Personality Psychology The field within psychology which studies individuals and how they are: Like every other human Like no other human Historical Ideas Hippocrates (460 – 380 BC) Plato (427 – 347 BC) Aristotle (384 – 322 BC) Galen (130 – 200 BC) Machiavelli (1469 – 1527) Descartes (1596 -1650) Character Humor Fluid Corresponding Trait in the Big 5 Irritable Choleric: Angry yellow bile Agreeableness Depressed Melancholic: Depressed black bile Neuroticism Optimistic Sanguine: Content Cheerful blood Openness to experience Calm Phlegmatic: Slow moving Impassive phlegm Neuroticism 4 Humors Issues Around Personality Theory Dynamic Issues: Individual Disposition How are we the same or different Determinism vs. Free Will Locus of Control Adaptation and Adjustment How do people adapt to life’s demands? Cognitive Processes Do our thoughts affect our personality? Unconscious vs. Conscious Culture/Society How does culture/society influence our functioning? Does our culture’s/society’s expectations for men and women have affect? Cultural Determinism vs. Cultural Transcendence Cultural Influences Personal Ads from US Newspaper: 28 SWM, 6’1”, 160 lbs. Handsome, artistic, ambitious, seeks attractive WF, 24-29, for friendship, romance, and permanent partnership. Very attractive, independent, SWF, 29, 5’6”, 110 lbs., loves fine dining, the theater, gardening and quiet evenings at home. In search of handsome SWM 28-34 with similar interests Personal Ads from the India Tribune, an American newspaper for immigrant families from India Gujarati Vaishnav parents invite correspondence from never married Gujarati well settled, preferably green card holder from respectable family for green card holder daughter 29 years, 5’4”, good looking, doing CPA. Gujarati Brahmi