PSYC 332 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Gordon Allport, Trait Theory, Theophrastus
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Traits and motives: toward an integration of two traditions in personality. David g. winter, abigail j. stewart, oliver p. john, eva c. klohnen and lauren e. The search for fundamental categories in personality theory and research. Allport, murray, and mcclelland: for most contemporary personality psychologists, however, the contrast between the trait and motive traditions is rooted in the contrasting theories of gordon. In most definitions, extraversion refers to a pattern of covarying elements: behaviors (e. g. , lively talking to people one has just met), feelings (e. g. , positive emotions such as joy and enthusiasm), and cognitions (e. g. , optimistic expectations for the future). The relation of trait and motive concepts: allport (1937) and murray (1938), have taken different positions about the relation of traits and motives. telic) traits: some traits thus seem to have motivational (directional) significance, and some mere instrumental significance, the latter are primarily expressive .
