16.4 Personality As Defined As Traits Flashcards
How are people with similar traits similar to each other?
They might behave similarly
How do Allport define personality?
The dynamic organisation within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine his characteristic behaviour and thought
Allport’s definition of personality recognises 6 factors. Name them.
1) personality - interaction of biological and psychological process
2) personality is an organised whole
3) is dynamic
4) changes / variations in how personality is expressed can occur from time to time
5) motivates and directs behaviour
6) provides recognisable or characteristic attributes
Traits are tendencies or predispositions that people have to …..
Act, think and feel in a particular way.
How do Cattell describe personality?
As behaviour in specific situations,
refers to traits as building blocks of personality
which provide personality with characteristic, consistent behaviour
to allow others to know what to expect from someone.
Cattell developed the ….. Through empirical research.
Inductive- Hypothetico- deductive spiral
Which approach is largely responsible for qualifying psychology as a science?
The Trait / Factor / Dimensional approach
What are the 6 main Trait assumptions ?
1) personality consists of traits which are more or less ENDURING
2) traits are CONSISTENT over time
3) tendencies to ACT in a particular way
4) people’s traits might be SIMILAR in some respects
5) each individual UNIQUE disposition
6) AFFECTED by genetics, learning, culture and situational experience
Allport’s definition of personality recognises 6 facts…
1) DETERMINED by interaction of biological and psychological processes
2) ORGANISED WHOLE - interdependent physical, cognitive and psychosocial aspects
3) personality is DYNAMIC - develops, grows and changes
4) is EXPRESSED diff from time to time
5) MOTIVATES + DIRECTS behaviour
6) provides characteristics UNIQUE attributes, thoughts and behaviours
