PSYC 2130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Trait Theory, Scientific Progress, Personality Psychology

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2130
• Professor: Krista Phillips

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Chapter 7- trait theories of personality: trait theories emphasize that a central feature of the sciences is measurement, scientific progress often rests on precise measurement, freud"s work was virtually devoid of objective scientific measurement. He inferred the presence of mental structures of varying strength while providing no tools for measuring them: rogers was more attentive to measurement principles. A view of the trait theorists: our approach to the trait theories is different. The difference reflects the nature of the theories and theorists: the difference reflects the nature of the theories and theorists. There simply is no single individual no one dominant figure, no prime mover in the trait theories of personality, in the way that there was in the psychodynamic and phenomenological traditions: there is a coherent trait perspective on personality. Trait terms words that describe people"s typical styles of experience and action.