PSY 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Santa Barbara City College, Trait Theory, Psychoticism
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Characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and behaving (that is unique to each individual), and remains relatively consistent over time and situation. Personality should predict behaviour: nomothetic approach (vs. an 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 behavioural predispositions. Focus on identifying the key dimensions of personality. Modern trait theories use factor analysis to find correlations among behaviours: reflect basic dimensions or traits, each dimension (or trait) reflects a continuum of behavior (e. g. , introversion- Found 16 basic behaviour clusters through factor analysis. Can be reduced to 5 global factors. These two traits were thought to be independent of each other and produce various. Refers to emotional stability combinations of traits . The big five are thought to be universal (ocean: openness, conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism. Variations on 5 factors create diversity in personalities. 16pf: extraversion, anxiety, independence, tough-mindedness, self-control.
