PSYC 2740 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Absenteeism, Psychological Types, Protected Group
5 Dec 2013
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Chapter 4: theoretical and measurement issues in trait psychology. Important assumptions about personality traits: meaningful individual differences, stability or consistency over time, consistency across situations. The study of other forms of individual differences in addition to personality traits. The trait approach is the most mathematically and statistically oriented: emphasis on amount. Every personality is the product of a particular combination of a few basic and primary traits. Personality traits with a biological basis are very constant. Attitudes, interests and opinions change over time. The way a consistent trait manifests itself may change substantially. Change in a trait at the same rate. Low correlations between personality scores obtained in different situations. Studying changes in situations instead of personality differences. Person-situation interaction and the practice of aggregation, or averaging, as a tool for assessing personality traits. Behaviour as a function of personality traits. Behaviour as a function of situational forces. Both personality and situation interact to produce behaviour.
