p1 - topic 3: trait perspective personality

Question 1

criteria that characterise personality traits

Answer 1

consistency
stability
individual differences

Question 2

nomothetic approach

Answer 2

psychometric approach to the study of personality compares individual in terms of traits / dimensions common to everyone
example: hans eysenck and raymond cattell’s 16pf

Question 3

idiographic approach

Answer 3

focuses on understanding individuals in their unique context
aims to uncover specific individual factors and experience that contribute to a person’s behaviour and psychological functioning using qualitative methods

Question 4

eysenck’s model of personality

Answer 4

psychoticism
extraversion
neuroticism

Question 5

high psychoticism

Answer 5

independent thinkers, cold, noncomformists, impulsive, antisocial and hostile

Question 6

HEXACO

Answer 6

Anglim and O’Connor
Honesty - Humility
Emotionality
eXtraversion
Agreeableness
Conscientiousness
Openness to experience

Question 7

robert cloninger’s model on personality structure

Answer 7

temperament: element that integrates functioning of biological systems and allows organism to regulate its behaviour to adapt to the environment
character: result of learning acquired throughout life cycle + allows individuals to relate to themselves and world voluntary, based on what they’ve learned from their experiences

Question 8

types of temperament (robert cloninger)

Answer 8

1. novelty seeking
2. harm avoidance
3. reward dependence
4. persistence

Question 9

types of character (robert cloninger)

Answer 9

1. self directedness
2. cooperativeness
3. self-trascendence