M3 Week 11: Allport Flashcards
_______ believed that attempts to describe people in terms of general traits rob them of their unique individuality.
Allport
study of the individual.
MORPHOGENIC SCIENCE
gather data on a single individual
MORPHOGENIC SCIENCE
_______ methods, gather data on groups of people.
NOMOTHETIC
_________ in theory building. No one theory can adequately explain the total growing and unique personality.
ECLECTIC APPROACH
Allport considered ________ to be predispositions to respond, in the same or a similar manner, to different kinds of stimuli.
personality traits
_________ are consistent and enduring ways of reacting to our environment.
Traits
TRUE or FALSE
Personality traits are real and exist within each of us. They are not theoretical constructs or labels made up to account for behavior.
TRUE
TRUE or FALSE
Traits determine or cause behavior. They do not arise only in response to certain stimuli. They motivate us to seek appropriate stimuli, and they interact with the environment to produce behavior.
TRUE
TRUE or FALSE
Traits can be demonstrated empirically. By observing behavior over time, we can infer the existence of traits in the consistency of a person’s responses to the same or similar stimuli.
TRUE
TRUE or FALSE
Traits are interrelated; they may overlap, even though they represent different characteristics. For example, aggressiveness and hostility are distinct but related traits and are frequently observed to occur together in a person’s behavior.
TRUE
TRUE or FALSE
Traits vary with the situation. For example, a person may display the trait of neatness in one situation and the trait of disorderliness in another situation.
TRUE
Allport identified how many trait names are in the English language dictionary
18,000 trait names
Allport proposed two types of traits:
- individual
- common
______ traits are unique to a person and define his or her character.
Individual
________ traits are shared by several people, such as the members of a culture. It follows that people in different cultures will have different common traits.
Common
TRUE or FALSE
Common traits are also likely to change over time as social standards and values change. This demonstrates that common traits are subject to social, environmental, and cultural influences.
TRUE
2 STRUCTURE OF PERSONALITY
- COMMON TRAIT
- PERSONAL DISPOSITIONS
A general characteristics held in common by many people. Shared by people
COMMON TRAIT
They can be inferred from factor analytic studies or revealed in personality inventories.
COMMON TRAIT
Provides how people within a given culture can be compared to one another.
COMMON TRAIT
Importance to make comparisons among people.
COMMON TRAIT
permits researchers to study a single individual.
PERSONAL DISPOSITIONS
a generalized neuropsychic structure (peculiar to the individual)
PERSONAL DISPOSITIONS
with the capacity to render many stimuli functionally equivalent and to initiate and guide consistent forms of adaptive and stylistic behavior.
PERSONAL DISPOSITIONS