PSYC 2310H Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Mental Disorder, Necker Cube, Twin
24 Jan 2017
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Personality traits: consistent patterns in the way individuals behave, feel, and think. Theorists generally assume that: traits are stable over time (consistency) It is more than just a single episode or incident: traits differ among individuals (distinctiveness) If everyone was the same, there would be no purpose to studying it: traits influence/predict behaviour. There is a direct correlation between the person"s performance on trait-related actions and their possession of the corresponding trait. In other words, if you score high on an extroversion scale, you are extroverted. Took a dictionary and found 4000 words representing personality traits, according to him. Every action, thought, feeling, behaviour expresses that trait. Einsten: genius, brilliant, intelligence, etc: central traits: the basic building blocks of most people"s personality, terms you might use to describe your overall character. Allport believed most people have about 5 10 central traits.
