Openness. -has characteristics such as imagination and insight, and those high in this trait also tend to have a broad range of interest.
Agreeableness. -includes attributes such as trust, altruism, kindness, affection, and other prosocial behaviors. Conscientiousness. -common features include high levels of thoughtfulness, with good impulse control and goal-directed behaviors. those high in conscientiousness tend to be organized and mindful to details.
Sternberg's theory of love (the triangle) -categorization of love relationships into three facets: passion, intimacy, and commitment. When arranged at the points of a triangle, their combinations describe all the different kinds of adult love relationships. ->romantic love - intimacy and passion.
-a type of age-related dementia characterized by neural atrophy and abnormal by-products of that atrophy, such as senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles. -directly attacks the core structure of human consciousness, our neurons [literally decay or wither away] -plaques and tangles replace normal neurons.
-the information processing theory is a perspective on cognition in which the process of thinking is divided into steps, components, or stages much like those a computer operates. -memory has distinct stages.