PSYA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Bertram Forer, Logica, Neuroticism
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Personality a relatively stable set of characteristics (thinking, feeling, and behaving) that influences an individual"s behavior. The trait perspective: personality trait: a person"s habitual patterns of thinking, feelings and behaving; how that person is most of the time . If you take your time on your next major task, you shall be recognized for your hard work and motivation and a promotion may be in the midst. Extrovert vs. introvert: extrovert: number of friends, introvert, more comfortable in social situations, go to parties and have a large, enjoying being alone, don"t like to social, don"t go to parties and only have a few close friends. Types vs. traits: although you still occasionally hear people speak in terms of personality types, most psychologists now think it makes more sense to talk about personality traits. Many of the traits overlap with each other: cattell argued for 16 distinct traits (factor analysis)
