CAS PS 231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Theophrastus, Phlegm, Extraversion And Introversion
7 Nov 2016
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Trait approaches: use of a limited set of adjectives or adjective dimensions to describe and scale individuals. For a trait approach to succeed, it should use a relatively small number of traits to account well for a person"s consistences. 1st systematic approach to analyzing traits: hippocrates described human temperament in terms of bodily humors. Dominance of a humor prevalence of one of the four uids determined reactions patterns of the individual. Trait approaches to personality attempt to capture such notions of personality reliably and validly, through systematic, scienti c means. Extroversion: refers to an orientation toward things outside oneself. Introversion: refers to a a tendency to turn inward and explore one"s feelings and experiences. Person can have tendencies towards both but one would be dominant. Myers-briggs type indicator: a widely used instrument that attempts to measure introversion and extroversion and several other subclassi cations as de ned by jung.
