PSY100H1 Lecture Notes - Heart Rate, Explicit Memory, Carl Jung
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Trait is a consistent pattern of behaviour, emotion, and thought. Each trait can be thought as a pattern relating to the environment: there"s a stability of time and situations, distinctiveness between people. Trait theories provide descriptions that must be explained by other theories. You"re looking at things close to the surface. Theorists try to establish: framework within which any and all persons can be described, taxonomy of traits. Takes words that describe personality traits and tries to figure out the ones that are the most common, to describe people, to capture the variability between people. You try to figure out the key differences between people. Factor analysis is an example of this: theoretical approach. It might be a theory that you"re building from something. It might be a theory that someone has already set a foundation for. Example: extroversion and introversion: carl jung, where they get energy from; inside themselves or from the environment.
