PS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Thematic Apperception Test, Hans Eysenck, Gordon Allport
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Personality traits: tendencies to behave in certain ways that remain relatively constant across situations. Gordon allport: first trait theorist, based work on case studies. Hans eysenck: used factor analysis to create superfactors. Superfactor: 1 of 3 fundamental dimensions of personality made up of a related cluster of personality traits. Psychoticism: degree to which one is vulnerable to psychoses, or loss of touch with reality. An empirically derived trait that proposes 5 major trait categories: Traits become increasingly stable across the adult years. Relatively stable across many situations and cultures. Traits predict other personal attributes and often other behaviours. There appears to be strong genetic contribution to personality traits. Portray personality as fixed rather than changing. Situationism: behaviour is governed by situation rather than internal traits. I(cid:374)tera(cid:272)tio(cid:374)is(cid:373): e(cid:373)phasizes the relatio(cid:374)ship (cid:271)etwee(cid:374) a perso(cid:374)"s u(cid:374)derlyi(cid:374)g personality trait and the reinforcing aspects of the situations in which people choose to put themselves. Reciprocal relationship exists among environment, behaviour, and internal mental events.
