PSYC 1000 Lecture 6: nov 3rd lec- perspectives on personality

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Paula Barata

Document Summary

Characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and behaving ( that is unique to each individual), and remains relatively consistent over time and situation. Nomothetic approach ( on a group level, instead of understanding one person) ( vs and idiographic approach) Trait a relatively stable, enduring predisposition to consistently behave in a certain way. Trait theory theory of personality; focuses on identifying, describing, measuring individual differences in behavioral predispositions. Trait theories: focus on identifying the key dimensions of personality, gordon allport(cid:495)s conversation with freud behaviours reflect basic dimensions or traits, modern trait theories uses factor analysis to find correlations among. Each dimension (or trait) reflects a continuum of behavior- eg. introversion- extraversion) Trait perspectives: raymond cattell(cid:495)s sixteen personality factors. Found 16 basic behavior clusters through factor analysis. Can be reduced to 5 global factors. Trait perspectives: eysenck(cid:495)s model: eysenck(cid:495)s extraversion stability model.