measuring personality Flashcards
Sheldon’s somatotypes
personality based on body type
endomorph/mesomorph/ectomorph
Allport & Odbert pioneered…
trait theory
myers briggs
personality subsets based on introversion/extroversion
what does hans eysenck’s model include (4)
domains
facets
habitual response patterns
specific responses
3 major domains of eysenck’s trait theory
neuroticism, extraversion, psychoticism
paul costa
five factor model
OCEAN
openness conscientiousness extraversion agreeableness neuroticism
maslow’s theory
personality is an escape from deficiency, used to try and travel up the hierarchy of needs
hierarchy of needs
physiological safety love esteem cognitive aesthetic self-actualisation
bandura’s approach
behavioural-cognitive
personality as ‘cognitive qualities’
allows situational factors
self-efficacy
life orientation test
carver
measures optimism/pessimism
minnesota multiphasic personality inventory
10 self report scales
used clinically
rorshach inkblot test
projective measure
unique responses reveal personality
factor analysis
sorts oblique traits into dimensions
