Personal identity — definition?
Factors and forces shaping who you are.
Identity development — process?
How influences shape and stabilize personal identity.
Intended Learning Outcomes — purpose?
Skills students should demonstrate after the course.
Assessment criteria — components?
Activities, outputs, exams for grading.
Personality traits — stable?
Yes, they show consistent individual differences.
Big Five — traits?
Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism.
Facets — role?
Subcomponents providing detailed trait descriptions.
Self-concept — meaning?
Mental picture of who you are.
Neurophilosophy — focus?
Neural basis of mind and self.
Materialistic view — self?
Mental states are reducible to brain states.
Eliminative materialism — claim?
Mental vocabulary should be replaced by neuroscience.
Merleau-Ponty — view?
Self as embodied, inseparable from perception.
Self-concept — age change?
More detailed and stable with age.
William James — self?
I-Self (subject) and Me-Self (object).
Rogers — self?
Real self vs. ideal self.
Incongruence — meaning?
Mismatch between real and ideal self.
Body image — influence?
Shapes self-worth and feelings about appearance.
Self-extension — concept?
Identity includes possessions and relationships.
Reproductive system — parts?
Male: sperm-producing; Female: eggs, pregnancy support.
Memory formation — mechanisms?
Synaptic activity, emotion, brain change, distributed storage.
Self-care — benefits?
Improves mood, reduces anxiety, prevents burnout.
Wellness — definition?
Active process of making healthy lifestyle choices.
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2. How are the course assessments weighted across the semester?
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