PSYC 2130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Gordon Allport, Coronary Circulation, Pirkei Avot

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2130
• Professor: Frank Marchese

Document Summary

All perspectives have in common that they consider traits to be real, psychologically meaningful entities. Gordon allport founder of modern dispositional strategy, described it as neurotic realism; to find out and discover . Lexical approach based on assumption that more important a disposition is, the more often it will be referred to in ordinary language. Theoretical approach looks to theory to suggest which human dispositions are most central or important. Statistical approach analyzes very large collections of data abot many people to identify basic factors that underlie data set. Traits differ in the extent that they pervade any given individual"s personality. Cardinal disposition dominates individual; can"t stay hidden. Central disposition relatively small number of traits that tend to be highly characteristic of a person. Secondary disposition characteristics that operate only in limited settings. Trait comparisons across people assume that there are common traits. When scaled for thepopulation at large, common traits often have normal distribution; bell- shaped curve.