PSYC 1000 Lecture 12: Module 12
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Personality can be measured by our dwellings. Some details are deep some are not that reflective. Dispositional (rooted in yourself) or situational (caused by other factors) A characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and behaving that is unique to each individual, and remains relatively consistent over time and situation. Focusing on creating detailed descriptions of a specific person"s unique personality characteristics. Examine personality in large groups of people, with the aim of making generalizations about personality structure. Help to predict what type of people are more or less likely to engage in certain behaviours. Personality traits describes a person"s habitual patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving. Help to predict how a person will behave. Gordon allport was the first to try to to identify all the personality traits, he created nearly 18000 english words to describe personality, then organized into traits. Those in psych researches are often good but not on magazine or random websites.