PSYB30H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Nuremberg Trials, Psychoticism, Extraversion And Introversion
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Trait-descriptive adjectives: words that describe traits, attributes of a person that are characteristic of a person and perhaps enduring over time, three fundamental questions guide those who study traits. Trait theories of personality: emphasis is placed on the person rather than on the situation or the environment. Considered a weakness to isolate and only focus on one individ: traits are thought to reflect motivational systems that increase adaptation to pos or neg stimuli. Theme of dispositional approach: continuity in thoughts, feelings, behaviours. Not discrete, but continuous variables: focus on individual differences, rather than intrapersonal processes. Traits vs. states: traits = relatively enduring dispositions that exert a consistent influence on behaviours in a variety of situations. Broad personality characteristics: states = the psychological reaction to the situation in which an individ finds him- or herself. Often viewed as biologically or genetically based: traits. Individ diffs reflect diffs in amount of a trait. : two basic formulations: traits as internal causal properties.
