PSY 351 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Neuroticism, Extraversion And Introversion, Conscientiousness
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Traits: people posses broad predispositions to respond in particular ways. Traits > predispositions > fundamental building blocks of human personality. Predict group behavior, can apply research to general public. Unconscious motives for behavior, level of awareness to predict individual behavior. Allport > introduced traits to the eld of personality. Common: used to characterize a group of individuals; intelligence, assertiveness. Cardinal: trait that dominates a person"s life, determines what they do. Central: 5-10 traits most characteristic of a person. Traits emerge through learning, maturation, socialization; emphasizes life span. Behaviors are originally done to satisfy outside goal; want to make/satisfy a parent. A: behaviors then turn into self-satisfactory w/out the outside motivation. The adult motive turns into an autonomous automatic response, completely separate from the motivation that occurred in childhood. Proprium: self ; evolves over time, all various aspects of a person that makes him/her unique. Factor analysis: what traits are related to form clusters to describe stance, meant to simplify personality.
