PSYA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Psychoticism, Walter Mischel, Trait Theory

• School: UTSC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYA02H3
• Professor: Steve Joordens

Document Summary

Psychology chapter 14: personality no one exactly like us; describe differences in self using personality. Personality: a particular pattern of behavior and thinking that prevails across time and situations and differentiates one person from another goal of psychologists -> discover the causes of individual differences in behavior. Trait theories of personality traits -> denote a set of personal characteristics that determine the different ways we act and react in a variety of situations. Personality types and traits earliest known explanation for individual differences in personality -> proposed by hippocrates based on the common medical beliefs that originated with the ancient. Most agree now that people aren"t assigned to different categories -> instead have individual differences in personality that vary in degree (more angry, less angry) Gordon allport -> one of the first psychologists to search systematically for personality traits. Looked through english language for words that described personality, and then found stable personality characteristics.