PSY-1200 Chapter 42: Module 42
2 Dec 2016
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Trait: a characteristic pattern of behavior or a disposition to feel and act, as assessed by self-report inventories and peer reports. Allport came to define personality in terms of identifiable behavior patterns. He was concerned less with explaining individual traits than with describing them: exploring traits, factor analysis - statistical procedure used to identify clusters (factors) of test items that tap basic components of a trait, biology and personality i. Although our personality traits consistency of our specific behaviors another matter. It is hard to act like someone you are not. , by raising or lowering people"s sense of control and noting correlate achievements. experiment the effects. i. ii. i. ii. i. c. But doing so requires some (dare i say it?) willpower: learned helplessness vs. Personal control i. learned helplessness : the hopelessness and passive resignation an animal or human learns when unable to avoid repeated aversive events ii.
