Trait Approaches Flashcards
Cardinal traits are _
Dominant
Secondary trait
Variable and changes across situations
Raymond Catell used _ to study personality
Factor analysis
Traits are
Broad behavioural elements that define personality
Hans eysench’s 3 broad personality dimension
Extraversion, psychotics, neuroticism
Cattell believed most people fall on a continuum, exhibiting some aspects of _ different traits
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Allport believed personality is shaped by (3)
Current environment, childhood experiences, interaction between the two
Controversial over race differences in IQ
Hans Eysenck
Cardinal traits
Mostly define a person, stay generally the same, resistant to changing
Central traits
Important, shape personality, much less dominant and pervasive
Secondary traits
More like attitudes and preferences, vary by context and driven by environment
Cattell’s surface and source traits
Surface: very obvious, easily identifiable, source: less visible to others under lie several different aspects of behaviour
Source traits have _ factors
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Eysenck believe personality was based on _ factors
Biological
Five factors of personality
Openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agree ableness, neuroticism
