PSYC 2740 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Hans Eysenck, Lexical Hypothesis, Psychoticism
30 Jan 2017
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Trait descriptive adjectives words that describe traits, attributes of a person that are reasonably characteristic of the person and enduring over time: imply consistent and stable characteristics. Two basic formulations traits referring to: personality psychologists differ in their formulations of what these. When you describe someone as impulsive, unreliable, lazy what are these these trait terms to describe the enduring aspects of a person(cid:495)s. Others make no assumptions about causality and simply use. Some view these traits as internal (or hidden) properties of persons that cause their behaviour traits men: behaviour. Traits presumed to be internal people carry their desires, needs, and wants from one situation to the next. Desires and needs are presumed to be causal they explain the behaviour of individuals who possess them: ex. Psychologists who view traits as internal dispositions do not equate traits. Traits can lie dormant the capacities remain present even when particular: ex.
