PSYC 2130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Gordon Allport, Raymond Cattell, Type A And Type B Personality Theory
7 Dec 2016
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Gordon allport the founder of the modern dispositional strategy: his philosophy, heuristic realism, is that that traits should be considered real characteristics, residing within the person. Allport"s trait approa(cid:272)h: traits as the units for studying personality. Allport believed that traits are the basic units of personality. Allport proposed that traits differ i(cid:374) the e(cid:454)te(cid:374)t that the(cid:455) per(cid:448)ade a(cid:374)(cid:455) gi(cid:448)e(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s personality. Common traits are dispositions on which people can be compared; they are usually normally distributed. Allport also insisted that each of us displays a uniquely patterned individuality (individual traits) that does not lend itself to comparison with other persons. He acknowledged the merits of comparing personalities along common dimensions (the nomothetic approach), yet he insisted that people can really be understood only by coming to grips with the uniqueness of personality (the idiographic approach). Friedman & rosenman (cardiologists) : type a behavior pattern excessive competitive drive and meeting deadlines. Appeared to display more arousal when working on challenging tasks.
