Psychology 2010A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Agreeableness, Type A And Type B Personality Theory, Psychoticism
10 Apr 2015
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Chapter 8 trait aspects of personality: trait approach use of limited set of adjectives/adjective dimensions to describe and scale people, successful trait psychologists must be a detective and observe others through scientific manner. Jung neo-analytic work helped launch trait approaches basic tendencies motivating personality. Judgment-perception scale subclassification of the myers-briggs type indicator that reflects whether a person is oriented toward evaluating or perceiving things: subclassifications have mixed result and are not the ebst predicots. The use of statistics: r. b. cattell: allport found thousands of personality adjectives in english but concluded list must be reduced by eliminating synonymous terms. Individual views many situations and stimuli in the same way. Introverted are shy, retiring, submissive, quiet: agreeableness friendly, cooperative, trusting, warm. Low agreeableness cold, quarrelsome, unkind: conscientiousness/lack of impulsivity will, cautious, dependable, responsible, organized. Impulsive careless, disorderly, undependable: neuroticism nervous, emotionally instable, moody, worrying. Emotionally stable calm and content: openness imaginative, witty, original, artistic.
