Traits and Types

Question 1

Which assumptions are there for personality study?

Answer 1

1: There is a limited set of useful adjectives to describe and scale individuals
2: There are qualities of personality relevant to the individual - each person will vary in this

Question 2

Nomothetic view of personality

Answer 2

each trait has same meaning for everyone and exists in the same way in everybody

Question 3

idiographic view of personality

Answer 3

traits are individualised and there are as many as there are people

Question 4

Difference between type and trait

Answer 4

Trait: A person will differ on a continuum

Type: Distinct category

Question 5

Extroversion

Answer 5

Attention outwards, social, rational thinking and logic

Question 6

Introversion

Answer 6

Attention inwards, not social, preoccupied with thoughts

Question 7

Cattell’s theory

Answer 7

Language: correlation between 171 trait terms formated to 16 factors

Question 8

Eysenck’s theory

Answer 8

Traits linked to NS: supertraits: Introversion-extroversion & emotional stability-neuroticism

Question 9

5 Factor model

Answer 9

Extroversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, Openess

Question 10

Weakness of trait/type approach

Answer 10

fails to explain what drives behaviour

basic approximation

different traits according to situation