PSYB30H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Trait Theory, Work Ethic, Canadian Human Rights Act
29 Jan 2019
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Chapter 4: theoretical and measurement issues in trait psychology. Trait theories share 3 important assumptions about personality traits: meaningful individual differences, stability or consistency over time, consistency across situations. Any meaningful way in which people differ from each other can potentially be identified as a personality trait. Trait psychology has been called differential psychology study of individual differences, such as traits, abilities, intelligence, etc. Takes quantitative approach emphasizes how much a person differs from average; more statistical than other approaches because it focuses on amounts. Believe that you just need few primary traits to capture the uniqueness of all people can many lots of combinations with a few traits. Assume that there"s a degree of consistency in personality over time lots of traits do show this consistency when tested with studies, even traits that have a biological basis (e. g. shyness) Attitudes, interests, and opinions are less consistent over time.
