Kinesiology 2241A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: List Of Portal Characters, Somatotype And Constitutional Psychology, Trait Theory

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 2241A/B
• Professor: Hall

Document Summary

Personality: a(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s unique but consistent psychological makeup. Also written as: underlying, relatively stable, psychological structures and processes that organize human experience a(cid:374)d shape a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s a(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s a(cid:374)d (cid:396)ea(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s to the e(cid:374)(cid:448)i(cid:396)o(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t. Structure of personality (according to hollander [1967]: personality core: Includes perceptions of external world and self, basic attitudes, values, interests, and motives. Reflective of who we are; least amenable to change. How they view the world and how they view themselves. Not easy to change: typical responses to situations: Fairly predictable behaviours and reactions (when you know that person)\ Not as stable as personality core- still relatively stable: role-related behaviours: Variable, daily behaviours influenced by the particular context that we are in. Ex: an extrovert is attentive in a classroom. If you possess one of the somatotypes, you are more likely to have one of these groups of personalities. Small-moderate correlation between these somatotypes and their associated traits (not that strong of a correlation)