KINE 2P44 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Herman Witkin, Cognitive Style, Neuroticism
15 Dec 2015
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More issues with making yourself smarter with software. Cognitive style: herman witkin research in 1950"s. Field-independent people: struggle to find a geometric shape hidden in the, the conflicting pattern distracts person background . Another example of this is the dress blue or gold: more analytical, internally directed, less constrained by tradition. Field-dependent people in behaviour: more aware of their social environment, more conventional, very warm and personable people, if there is a lack of structure in the social environment, they become very unhappy. Personality stable over time each situation differently depending on mood, etc. Trait theories: peoples dispositions and character are relatively. State theories: personalities actually do not exist, we respond to. Example: if you remember a girl from your childhood as always happy and positive, if you met up with her down the road, if you were a trait theorist, you"d expect her to be the same. State theorists wouldn"t expect her to be the same.
