integration & future directions

Question 0

egocentrism?

Answer 0

are our theories reflections of ourselves as appose to the whole?

Question 1

ethnocentrism?

Answer 1

are our theories universal or reflections of specific cultures? Western culture bias

Question 2

what 2 theories share the view that humans are animals?

Answer 2

behaviorism and psychoanalisis

Question 3

current status of personality research

Answer 3

• similarities but major differences (free-will/determinism)

- how do we integrate perspective? recent calls for ‘unified psychology’; personality seen as a way to do this

Question 4

McAdam’s personality triad

Answer 4

identity as ‘life story’
personal concerns
dispositional traits

Question 5

dispositional traits

personality triad

Answer 5

dimensions of personality

• eysenck’s E, N & P
• five factor model
• nomothetic

Question 6

personal concerns

personality triad

Answer 6

drives, values, defence mechanisms… covers psychoanalytic, social-learning, humanistic, personal constructs, evolutionary components

BUT still doesn’t adress who we are as an individual identity

Question 7

identity as ‘life story’

personality triad

Answer 7

through our stories we define ourselves and achieve sense of identity
idiographic

Question 8

criticisms of personality theories

Answer 8

• research conducted on WEIRDos; western, educated, industrialised, rich & democratic cultures
• ignores culture differences
• bias to western individualist cultures