PSYB30H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Raymond Cattell, Lexical Hypothesis, Hierarchical Database Model
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Words that descriptive traits, attributes of a person that are characteristic of a person and perhaps enduring over time. Emphasis is placed on the person rather than on the situation or the environment. Traits are thought to reflect motivational systems that increase adaptation to positive or negative stimuli. Trait perspectives mainly focus on the person. Focus on individual differences, rather than intrapersonal processes. Traits - relatively enduring dispositions that exert a consistent influence on behaviours in a variety of situations: broad personality characteristics. States he psychological reaction to the situation in which an individual finds him or herself: transitory dispositions. Types: discontinuous categories ( e. g. , introverts vs. extraverts, represents qualitative differences in people, labeling convenience, often viewed as biologically or genetically based. Traits: continuous dimensions (e. g. , sociability, aggressiveness, represent quantitative differences in people. Psyb30: individual differences reflect in amount of a trait. Can be a causal factor and have an impact on how people behave: traits as internal causal properties.
