Personality Psychology Flashcards
What is personality
Peoples consistent ways of moving through the world.
Julia Ceaser early ideas about personality
Presents the idea the he can judge something about people based on how they look.
Pythagoras view of personality
Dispositions follow bodily characteristics - your physical appearance is a window of your psyche.
Hippocrates idea of personality
Noted the variety of bodily liquids that we produce and thought of them as “pillars of temperament” that drive who we are
4 Pillars of temperament
Hot wet - blood (sanguine)
Cold wet - phlegm (phlegmatic)
Hot Dry - yellow bile (Choleric)
Cold dry - black bile (melancholic)
Melancholic personality
- Anxious
- Worried
- Serious
- Thoughtful
Choleric personality
- Excitable
- Impulsive
- Egocentric
- Active
Sanguine personality
- Playful
- Easygoing
- Sociable
- Carefree
Phlegmatic Personality
- Reasonable
- Controlled
- Persistent
- Calm
Freuds topographic model of personality
Everyone has a ego, Id, and Superego.
Personality reflects war between ID and superego
Gordon Allport Nomothetic Approach
assesses, identifies, measures, and describes common traits across individuals
Gordon Allport Ideographic approach
identification of the unique combinations of traits that account for an individuals personality.
Dominant approach to personality (combination of allports views)
Nomothetically there are a limited set of personality traits we all vary on, and in combination, they make up an ideographic individual that we are.
Extraversion & agreeableness over the lifespan
Extroversion and agreeableness peaks at young age and decreases as you age
Conscientiousness over the lifespan
starts lower and rapidly increases as we gain more personality
