Eysenck, Catell, McCrae and Costa's Trait Theory

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responses that under similar conditions

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habitual acts or cognitions

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interacts with levels of stress, people become vulnerable to psychotic disorder

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Psychoticism

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How a person behave

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temperament traits

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the positioning eliminates any role that environment may play in the formation of basic tendencies

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Biological Bases

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Three peripheral components

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Biological Bases
Objective Biography
External Influences

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often have a tendency to overreact emotionally and to have difficulty returning to a normal state after emotional arousal.

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neuroticism

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he collected data from different context

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L-Data
Q-Data
T-Data

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Big Five Factors

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Extraversion/Neurotism
Psychoticism
Openness to experiences
Agreeableness
Conscientiousness

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was used to mathematically prove that they do exist.

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Factor Analysis

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distinguishes soft hearted people from ruthless ones

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agreeableness

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3 bipolar superfactors according to eysenck

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Extraversion - Introversion
Neuroticism - Stability
Psychoticism - Sociability/Superego Function

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Catell classified traits into three

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Temperament Traits
Motivational Traits
Ability Traits

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Eysenck defined as important semi- permanent personality dispositions

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Trait

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derived from observations of others

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L-Data

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how far or how fast one can perform

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ability traits

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acquired personality structures that develop as people adapt to their environment

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Character Adaptations

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individual behaviors or thoughts that may or may not be characteristics of a person

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Specific acts or cognitions

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distinguishes people who prefer variety from those who have a need for closure and who gain comfort in their association with familiar people and things.

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openness to experiences

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the universal raw material of personality capacities and dispositions that are generally inferred rather than observed

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Basic Tendencies

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people have low cortical arousal that is why they seek experiences

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extraverted

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derived from objective test

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T=data

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derived from self-reports

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Q-data

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Four level hierarchy of behavior organization

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Specific acts or cognition
Habitual acts or cognitions
Trait
Types

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the three central components

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Basic tendencies
Characteristics Adaptations
Self Concept

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Traits can be __________ or _________

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Bipolar or Unipolar

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people constantly find themselves in a particular physical or social situation that has some influence on the personality system

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External Influences

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why person behaves

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motivational traits

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people have high cortical arousal that is why they tend to be alone because too much stimulation is not bearable for them because they are already stimulated enough

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introverted

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emphasizes what has happened in people's lives (objective) rather than their view or perceptions of their experiences (subjective)

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Objective Biography

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is actually a characteristic adaptation, but it gets its own box because it is such an important adaptation

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Self concept

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describes people who are ordered, controlled, organized, ambitions, achievement focused, and self disciplined.

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conscientiousness

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is made up of several interrelated traits

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Types