Personality Flashcards
What is personality
Unique physiological make up
Enduring aspects of individuals which distinguish them from others
What is trait approach to anxiety
Nature
Personality traits are stable unchanging and enduring
Behaviour is predictable
Behaviour is a function of personality
Eyesnicks trait theory
Autonomic nervous system and reticular activating system
What happens if your autonomic nervous system is stable
Ans responds slowly to stressful situations even tempered and easy going
What happens if your and is neurotic
Ans responds rapidly and strongly usually restless anxious and excitable
What is the RAS
Part of central cortex of the brain helps maintain optimum levels of arousal
What does RAS decide
If your extrovert or introvert
If you are extrovert RAS dampens down leading to under arousal
If you are introvert RAS amplifies incoming info leading to over arousal
What is cattels trait theory
Used a self report questionnaire (16PF)
Personality could change with situation
What is the narrow band approach
Says there is two types of personalities type A and type B
What is Type A
Highly competitive need to be in control desire to succeed
What is type B
Non competitive
Lack of desire to succeed
Does not enjoy control
Evaluation of trait approach
Doesn’t take into account how environment and social interaction influences our behaviour
Introversion and extroversion have been linked to sporting prowess and sorts choice
Social learning theory
Behaviour is function of environment
People change the way they behave according to there environment
Evaluation of social learning
Reinforces idea that behaviour can be changed
Underestimates trait approach
Can take away responsibility for actions
Interactionist approach
Behaviour is a function of personality and environment
Lewin approach
Traits are born and adapted and used according to the situation
When the situation is string environment dictates behaviour
When situation is weak personality dictates behaviour
Evaluation of lewin approach
It recognises individuals in certain sports do not all behave the same when situation is strong
Hollanders model
Personality type is layered
What is the middle layer on Hollanders model
Physiological core-fairly permanent,values,what you believe
What is the second layer
Typical responses to a situation generally represents the type of inner core
What is the third layer
Role relates behaviour-changeable dependant on situation could be different to core
Evaluation of interactionist approach
Core values are hard to alter
Personality is stable however the competitive situatuon can be unstable
What is poms
Profile mood of states
Iceberg profile
Elite performers have higher levels of vigour and lower levels of depression and confusion
