PSYC2014 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Psychometrics, Extraversion And Introversion

• School: University of Sydney
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC2014
• Professor: Niko Tiliopoulos

Document Summary

The 4 humours (bodily fluids: blood, phlegm, black bile, yellow bile. Somatomorphy: used psychometrics to find associations between body types (biometric) and personality elements, devised tests that assessed personality through these associations. Concepts of traits: traits are general dispositions (inherent probability biases) that people posses that uniquely influence their psychology, e. g. outgoing, impulsive, anxious, sociable, traits cannot be directly observed but inferred from patterns of behaviour, assumptions: Every human possess all traits, but not at the same intensity. Development is assumed to end in early adulthood. Personality elements are dimensionally (complexity) and hierarchically (stability) arranged. Traits vs. states: states: condition (intensity/centrality/arousal) of corresponding traits at any given point. What is temperament: characteristic reaction patterns present from an early age, biologically based (hereditary) elements of personality, personality elements present in infancy and childhood. Forces that shape personality: biology and genetics, evolution, environment.