PSYC 332 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Trait Theory, Behaviorism, Developmental Psychology
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This article focuses on trait model of personality widely compatible and basis for most research (usually measure of traits) No longer questions about cross-situational consistency in behaviour, validity, and objective reality of traits: personality psychology renaissance. 5 factor model order and understanding to endless list of traits. Life-span developmental psychology and longitudinal studies enduring dispositions: change in theory and reassure rigorous standards, measures, replications more reliable, empirical, real science. Personality is stable as defined by the trait model but not universally shared. Psychoanalytic resolution of psychosexual conflicts in childhood and development of characteristic defences led to character traits. Humanistic (maslow) basic motivation leads to differences. Other schools of thought bad at creating model of individual differences: each school = different emphasis on characteristics some excluded. When describing someone, we use traits central to english and most languages. Trait theories try to understand assumptions behind trait words, and based in varying degrees of immediacy on the language of traits.
