PSYB30H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: 16Pf Questionnaire, Carl Jung, Psychoticism
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Trait: describe a person"s typical style of thinking, feeling, and acting in different kinds of situations and at different times. Temporary states (emotions), attitudes (liberal or conservative), and physical attributes (short, muscular) are not considered personality traits. Traits are measured over a continuum - in a continuous stretch, from low to high. Ex: people who score high on the personality trait talkativeness are more likely to strike up a conversation with a stranger than a person who is low on talkativeness (or high on the trait of quiet) 2 approaches to the study of personality traits: Idiographic approach- goal is to understand the personality of a single individual with all of his or her quirks or idiosyncrasies and characteristics that make them unique. Nomothetic approach- goal is to discover universal concepts that can apply to everyone by identifying traits that can describe all people or that can be applied to any person.
