PSYC 1215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Daniel Kahneman, Trait Theory, Neuroticism
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You learn they are kind, generous, and thoughtful. This person will also be trustworthy, sincere, helpful, selfless, polite, intelligent, empathetic, optimistic, honest, benevolent. Definition: a perceived pattern in behaviour, emotional expression, thinking/decision making interpreted as: qualities (traits) that are enduring and exist in some coherent (sensible or meaningful) organisation. We all have (and use) informal personality theories (definition: intuitive , systematically structured set of concepts used to make sense of individual differences) Daniel kahneman on intuition as associative coherence: (definition: how an idea resonates, feels right or just makes sense b/c it has come to remind us of something we"re familiar with: poorly articulated recognition) 2 general approaches to thinking about personalities: qualities (traits) and this interrelationships, development and operational processes / structures. 5 clusters (dimensions or factors) in almost all populations studied: qualities (traits and this interrelationships. Culture may yet have some detectable influence on personality traits but in a very profound way traits transcend culture. (mccrae, 2001, p. 820)
