PSYA02H3 Chapter 14: Chapter 14 study notes

• School: UTSC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYA02H3
• Professor: John Bassili

Document Summary

Personality: particular pattern of behaviour and thinking that prevails across time and situations and differentiates one person from another. Psychologists study personality to discover the causes of individual differences in behaviour. People used to be divided into different personality types: different categories into which personality characteristics can be assigned based on factors such as developmental experiences. People prefer to measure the degree to which an individual expresses a particular personality trait. Personality trait: personal characteristic that reveals itself in a particular pattern of behaviour in different situations. : first psychologist to search systematically for a basic core of. not all traits have equal influence on each other. cardinal traits rare, and these people stand out. have strong unifying influence on person"s behaviour. central traits important characteristics of individuals. are less singular in their influence than cardinal traits; capture. secondary traits include characteristics that have minor influence on consistency of behaviour.