PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Roman Numerals, Job Performance, Revised Version
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Traits: describe a person"s typical style of thinking, feeling and acting in diff kinds of sits at diff times. These are not emotions (temp states) attitudes and physical attributes. Traits are measured over a continuum continuous stretch from low to high. Traits exist even though we cannot see them. Purely descriptive summaries of beh without thinking about where they came from or why person acts that way. Other psychos see traits as internal causal properties and a capacity that is present even when trait is not being directly expressed. Two approaches to the study of personality traits. Idiographic approach: goal is to understand the personality of a single person with all of their quirks or idiosyncrasies and characteristics that make them unique. Start with asking what they think is imp to know about them unique traits best beside this person. Nomothetic approach: goal is to discover universals concepts that apply to everyone.
