affiliation: desire for close relationships with other people.
Power: desire for impact, prestige and dominance.
**severe distortions in these traits are indicators of personality disorders
Cognitive Perspectives Regarding Self and Others
knowing your own values and opinions, making independent decisions, evaluate our own importance, percievings intentions and motives of othe people. making judgements.
Temperament and Personality Traits
temperament=persons most basic, characteristic styles of relating to the world, esp during first years of life.
dimensions of temperament and personality are debated.
Five domains, 6 subdivisions. Disorders stem from maladaptive forms of these traits.
Context and Personality
First: differences in personality may not be evident in all situations. Second: consequences of exhibiting particular traits.