PSYC 370 Chapter 9: Chapter 9
2 Dec 2016
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Easiest to understand everyone makes use of it. Use trait words regularly to identify consistencies in other"s behavior: often right in evaluations, lay person"s contribution to trait theory: idea that everyday language contains all necessary info to make a trait theory. Forming a trait theory: systematically reduce number of trait words, use statistical techniques to measure trait descriptions of large samples, result: small set of traits representing all dimensions of personality. Not people acting in/being influenced by/influencing environments. Focused on enduring traits, not much of behavioral social context. Gordon allport, raymond cattel, hans eysenck, the big 5. Athenian philosphers aware of basic differences in character. Theophrastus: pupil of plato and aristotle, aristotle"s successor at lyceum. Identified 24+ character types included surly, offensive, arrogant, late learning: may have been expanding on aristotle"s types of human being, arrogant interrupts people in a hurry tells you to remember long stories. Never the first to greet a friend doesn"t acknowledge others.
