Exam 2 - Audio Notes 1 (9/29) Flashcards
Traits are descriptions, rather than
_________ - 2 dimensional (doesn’t get the whole picture)
explanations
_________ are descriptions, rather than
explanations - ___ dimensional (doesn’t get the whole picture)
- Traits
- 2
Traits Can be _________, does not mean it is
accurate
Trait theory came about after psychodynamic theory to categorize people based on things we can _________ about people rather than things we _________ about people
- see
- say
_________ theory came about after _________ theory to categorize people based on things we can see about people rather than things we say about people
- Trait
- psychodynamic
Unlike psychodynamic theories where the emphasis is _________ - trait theory emphasis is on the _________ between people
- internal
- differences
Unlike _________ theories where the emphasis is internal - _________ theory emphasis is on the differences between people
- psychodynamic
- trait
Trait theory is a _________ approach
Categorical
Trait theory:
_________ - • Discrete, all or nothing categories. “melancholic, neurotic, etc.” Based on Hippocrates work
Typologies
Trait theory:
Typologies - • Discrete, all or nothing categories. “melancholic, neurotic, etc.” Based on _________ work
Hippocrates
(WHO)
Phrenology - _________
Franz Gall
_________ -
-The way you look indicates personality types
Phrenology
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_- physical characteristics (shape and contour of the skull) indicate personality variables.
Phrenology - Franz Gall
(WHO)
– Body type trait theory: _________
William Sheldon
_________ : William Sheldon
– Body type trait theory
– Body type trait theory : William Sheldon
- Endomorphy
- _________
- ectomorphy.
-mesomorphy
– Body type trait theory : William Sheldon
- _________
- mesomorphy
- _________
- Endomorphy
- ectomorphy
– Body type trait theory : William Sheldon
– _________: social, complacent, capable of easy communication
— Stout, round, fleshy people, social, easy going
-Endomorphy
-Trait Theory-
– Body type trait theory : William Sheldon
– Endomorphy: social, _________, capable of easy _________
— Stout, round, fleshy people, social, easy going
- complacent
- communication
-Trait Theory-
– Body type trait theory : William Sheldon
– _________ :
— Stout, round, fleshy people, social, easy going
-Endomorphy
-Trait Theory-
– Body type trait theory : William Sheldon
– Endomorphy:
— Stout, _________, fleshy people, _________, easy going
- round
- social
-Trait Theory-
– Body type trait theory : William Sheldon
– _________ : adventurous, bold, aggressive, energetic
—Tall broad shoulders, athletic
-Mesomorphs
-Trait Theory-
– Body type trait theory : William Sheldon
– Mesomorphs: adventurous, _________, aggressive, _________
—Tall broad shoulders, athletic
- bold
- energetic
-Trait Theory-
– Body type trait theory : William Sheldon
– _________ :
—Tall broad shoulders, athletic
Mesomorphs
-Trait Theory-
– Body type trait theory : William Sheldon
– Mesomorphs:
—Tall broad _________, athletic
-shoulders
-Trait Theory-
– Body type trait theory : William Sheldon
– _________ : introverted, hypersensitive, secretive, inhibited
-Tall, thin, fair skinned
Ectomorphy
-Trait Theory-
– Body type trait theory : William Sheldon
– Ectomorphy: introverted, _________, secretive, inhibited
-Tall, _________, fair skinned
- hypersensitive
- thin
_________ : Ancient system of Hindu traditional medicine that divided people in to 3 categories
Ayurveda
Ayurveda:
- Kapha
- _________
- Vata
Pitta
Ayurveda:
- _________
- Pitta
- _________
- Kapha
- Vata
William Sheldon was a _________
Typologist
(WHO)
Every man is in certain respects (a) like all other men, (b) like some other men, (c) like no other man”
Kluckhohn & Murray