PSYCH 2B03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Substance Abuse, We Can Do Better, Clyde Kluckhohn

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 2B03
• Professor: Richard B Day

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Part ii: how people differ: the trait approach. Prone to neglect aspects of human psychology that are common to all people, as well as ways people are unique. Every man is in certain respects a) like all other men b) like some other men c) like no other man clyde kluckhohn and. Personality traits are not the only factors that control an individuals behaviour situations are important as well: situations vary according to the people who are present and the implicit rules that apply. Stability is not consistent across all ages: 50-70 yo > 30 yo > teens, adolescent, children. People differ from each other in the degree to which they have developed a consistent personality for themselves. Studies suggest that the consistency of personality is associated with general mental health: more consistent = less neurotic. Focuses on the question which is more important for determining what people do, the person or the situation? .