PSYB30H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Standard Deviation, Advantageous, Phenotype

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Chapter 2: units of personality types versus t raits: bowers stated that traits are inventions, and there is no reason for believing that they should account for all of the person variance. Revelle said that it is easy to forget that when considering human behaviour, how similar we are to each other. Type approach to personality categorizes someone as either a pessimist or an optimist, or as an extrovert or introvert. T rait approach is dimensional, such as characterizing someone as somewhat optimistic or as being a little bit extroverted or a lot extroverted. Personality types: personality types are discrete categories that differ qualitatively in kind rather than in degree. Too much black bile results in a melancholic, sad temperament. Too much yellow bile contributes to choleric, angry temperament: excess phlegm contributes to a lethargic, easygoing temperament www. notesolution. com, sheldon studied three main body types (somatotypes) and associated personality characteristics. Cerebrotonia does not withstand pain easily and willingly.