PSYB30H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Hans Eysenck, Nomothetic, Trait Theory
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Behavioural residue: physical traces left behind by everyday actions are hints/cues to someone"s personality: ex: mementos from a summer vacation (like seashells) in a prominent place may have personal meaning or reinforce their own self-views. Traits describe an individual"s typical way of thinking, feeling, acting across varying situations and times. Commonalities and consistencies in actions & reactions. Traits temporary states (emotion), attitudes (liberal, conservative), and physical attributes. Assumption 1: traits are purely descriptive summaries of behaviour without thinking about how or why: mario is very sociable; just look at how well he"s getting along with everybody. Assumption 2: traits are internal, causal properties: of course mario is getting along with everybody; he"s a sociable person. Idiographic approach describes a single individual"s personality in great detail using many variables unique combination of traits, ppl can be similar but cannot be identical in terms of personality use case studies. 3 different kinds of traits: central traits.
