PSYC 3480 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: 16Pf Questionnaire, Abraham Maslow, Reality Principle
13 Nov 2013
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Chapter 3 personality in sport and exercise. Personality is the overall organization of psychological characteristics thinking, feeling, and behaving that differentiates us fro others and leads us to act consistently across time and situations . Disposition is broad, pervasive types of peopleor situations . Trait relatively stable characteristic or quality that is portion of one"s personality. States momentary feelings and thoughts that change depending on the situation and time. Most people have moderate levels of a specific trait, with only a small percentage having extremely low or extremely high levels of the trait. Various trait models have been developed over time, with many having been applied in sport and exercise psychology research: cattell"s trait personality model there are 16 personality factors (source traits) that capture personality. Openness to experience (opposite of closed-minded, curious), conscientiousness (achievement- striving, self-discipline), extroversion (assertiveness, energetic approach to world), agreeableness (compliance, positive approach toward others), and neuroticism (feeling of tension and nervousness)
