1. All the other people!

2. Behaviorist Theory of Personality
The way most people think of personality is meaningless.
Personality changes according to the environment (reinforcers and punishments).
If you change environment then you change the personality.

3. Personality is learned…
John Watson-
1st behaviorist
Can shape infants personalities by adapting the environment
Little Albert
B.F. Skinner-
We learn by consequence
Reinforced behaviors are repeated
They ignore the unconscious mind- personality is shaped by the environment!

4. The Humanistic Perspective
Maslow’s
Self-Actualizing
Person
Roger’s
Person-Centered
Perspective
“Healthy” rather than “Sick”
Individual as greater than the sum of test scores

5. Carl Rogers- Maslow- Self-concept influences our actions
Biggest problem- living up to ideal self (what we want to be)
Good environment= fully functioning individual
Maslow-
Personality influenced by hierarchy of needs
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7. Characteristics of Self-Actualized People…
Accepting/non-judgemental
Humorous
Creative
Concerned for welfare of others
Problem-centered instead of self-centered
Look at life objectively
independent

8. Social-Cognitive Perspective
Behavior learned through
conditioning & observation
What we think about our situation
affects our behavior
Interaction of
Environment & Intellect

9. Julian Rotter- Expectancy Theory
Learning creates expectancies that guide behavior
Behavior is determined by what the person expects to happen following the behavior and the value the person places on the outcome
Locus of control- the degree to which people expect events to be controlled by their internal efforts or by external forces
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10. Albert Bandura
Modeling: Bandura’s term for learning by imitating others.
Discussion: List ways that freshmen model themselves after seniors. For example Imagine freshman year. What kinds of things did seniors do that were cool? Did they hold their books or walk in a particular way. Hang out in certain places or sit in a place.
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11. Trait Theories of Personality
They believe that we can describe people’s personalities by specifying their main characteristics (traits).
Traits like honestly, laziness, ambition, outgoing are thought to be stable over the course of your lives.

12. Traits Theorists Gordon Allport- Raymond Cattell Hans Eysenck
Cardinal and central traits
Not so much why- more of how we differ
Raymond Cattell
16 personality traits
They exist on a scale
Hans Eysenck
Introvert vs. extrovert

13. The theory based on the Big Five factors is called the Five Factor Model (FFM).[1] The Big Five factors are:
The Big Five “Ocean)
  Openness - Imaginative rather than practical, preferring variety to routine, and being independent rather than conforming.
  Conscientiousness - Being organized rather than disorganized, careful rather then careless, and disciplined, not impulsive.
  Extraversion - Sociable instead of retiring, fun-loving instead of sober, and affectionate instead of reserved.
  Agreeableness - Being softhearted, not ruthless, trusting, not suspicious, and helpful not uncooperative.
  Neuroticism - Level of emotional stability.