Lesson 1 Flashcards
What does it take to be a mature person? According to McAdams
- play out your traits on the social stage
- fully pursue goals and values
- narrate and live a story that gives you purpose and meaning
adjectives for conscientiousness
- Dependable
- Organized
- Reliable
- Ambitious
- Hardworking
- Perseverant
Describe the social actor
temperament + environment/ experiences = development of traits over time
Describe the agent
pursuit of goals in line with wants/values
Describe the author
forming a meaningful story of your life
personality definition
the characteristic patterns of thoughts,
feelings, and behaviors that make a person unique.
personality psychology
The scientific study of the unique
individual
3 layers of personality
- Actor : dispositional traits
- Agent: goals and values
- Author: life stories
emergence of social actor
infancy
emergence of motivated agent
middle childhood
emergence of autobiographical author
emerging adulthood
is temperament personality?
no, it is a building block of personality. Temperament + environment or experiences = development of traits over time
Opposite adjective of conscientiousness
- Careless
- Sloppy
- Irresponsible
- Negligent
- Lazy
- Inefficient
Opposite adjective of agreeableness
- Critical
- Antagonistic
3.Callous - Rude
5.Selfish - Cold
Opposite adjective of neuroticism
- Calm
- Steady
- Relaxed
- at ease
- Secure
- contended