Psychology 2550A/B Chapter Notes -Coronary Artery Disease, Gordon Allport, Hans Eysenck
20 Aug 2013
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The trait approach - the effort to categorize in psychology -- it is the oldest and most enduring approach to individuality. Analyses at this level have been guided by the assumption that behaviour is primarily determined by stable generalized traits (basic qualities of the person that express themselves in many contexts) A belief that positions on these dimensions tend to be stable across situations and over time. So, the focus in the study of individuality becomes to identify the person"s basic stable and consistent traits or characteri stics. Hippocrates assigned persons to one of four types and associated them with one of the bodily humors: Choleric (irritable) - caused by an excess of yellow bile. Associations bw physique and indices of temperament have popular appeal, as seen in the many stereotypes linking the body to the psyche: Fat people are jolly and lazy; thin people are morose and sensitive Most important typologies is grouping people into introverts or extraverts.
