Week 4

Question 1

Personality defined:

Answer 1

enduring patterns of thought, feeling, motivation
and behaviour that are expressed in different
circumstances

Question 2

Approaches to psychological phenomena

Answer 2

Content and Process

Question 3

Content

Answer 3

What does it mean to know a person?
– Level 1 (most generic): Know about their general dispositions or
“traits”
• e.g., do they seem outgoing or shy?

– Level 2 (more personal): Know about their concerns and
“values”
• e.g., do they want to be rich, do they want to be creative?

– Level 3 (most personal): Know about how they see themselves
as a person – their “life narratives”
• e.g., what is their self‐concept and how do they describe the story of
their life?