PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12.1: Psychopathy, Authoritarian Personality, Hexaco Model Of Personality Structure
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Personality: a characteristic pattern of feeling, thinking and behaving that is unique to each individual. Two methods of measuring personality: idiographic approach: (cid:272)(cid:396)eati(cid:374)g detailed des(cid:272)(cid:396)iptio(cid:374)s of a spe(cid:272)ifi(cid:272) pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s u(cid:374)i(cid:395)ue personality characteristics. Usually used when trying to figure out people you know: nomothetic approach: examine personality in large groups of people. Allows psychologists to examine what types of people are more or less likely to engage in certain behaviours. Personality traits: habitual patterns of thinking, feeling and behaviours; how a person is most of the time. Helps predict how a person may behave in different situations. Gordon allport tallied 18,000 words that be used to describe traits. Barnum effect= when a person believes that a personality test actually describes who the, even though it a(cid:272)tually does(cid:374)"t. This happens because statements are fairly general and can be applied to a lot of people.
