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Personality

I. Trait Theory. Personality. Personality. I. Trait Theory. Early attempt: Type-A, Type-B. I. Trait Theory. -Gordon Allport , Raymond Cattell , Hans Eysenck , etc. Personality. Kind obsequious Gentle aggressive Happy egocentric Mean possessive Sad caring

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Personality

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  1. I. Trait Theory Personality

  2. Personality I. Trait Theory Early attempt: Type-A, Type-B

  3. I. Trait Theory -Gordon Allport, Raymond Cattell, Hans Eysenck, etc. Personality Kind obsequious Gentle aggressive Happy egocentric Mean possessive Sad caring Gleeful sanguine Cheerful desperate mad nasty Aloof angry Warm calm Total = 18,000 Total = 171

  4. I. Trait Theory Cattell: 16 dimensions, or source traits Personality

  5. I. Trait Theory Cattell: 16 dimensions, or source traits Eysenck: could further group into two dimensions Personality

  6. I. Trait Theory Cattell: 16 dimensions, or source traits Eysenck: could further group into two dimensions 16 too many, 2 is too few.... Personality

  7. I. Trait Theory Problems: -are these the core traits, or correlated with them? -behaviour is less consistent than they predict Personality -descriptive, not explanatory

  8. I. Trait Theory II. Psychodynamic Theory -personality is the result of internal activity -in other words, explanatory Personality Sigmund Freud

  9. I. Trait Theory II. Psychodynamic Theory -personality is the result of internal activity -in other words, explanatory Personality Between 1858-1869: Over 11,000 reported cases of rape or attempted rape Of these, over 9,000 were on children (4-12 yrs) Included a “simulation” chapter -anatomical, physical evidence -reluctance to accuse, fearfulness -precise details of the attacks

  10. I. Trait Theory II. Psychodynamic Theory “Personality” structures: Personality Id -pleasure principle Ego -reality principle Superego -guilt Stages of development, fixation: Oral (birth-1 yr) Anal (1-3 yrs) Phallic (3-6 yrs) (latent: Oedipus complex, 7-12 yrs) Genital (13+)

  11. I. Trait Theory II. Psychodynamic Theory Personality Dynamics and defence mechanisms Personality -sublimation -reaction formation -rationalization -projection

  12. I. Trait Theory II. Psychodynamic Theory Problems with Freud: Personality -not replicable -vague terms -lack of predictive power -too pessimistic, overemphasis on sex -overemphasis on unconscious impulses

  13. I. Trait Theory II. Psychodynamic Theory III. Beyond Freud: Humanists, self-actualization -conscious, present, positive Personality -Jung, archetypes -Rogers client-centered therapy -Maslow’s hierarchy

  14. Personality Measurement: 1) Objective/structured tests -e.g.: MMPI

  15. Personality Measurement: 1) Objective/structured tests 2) Projective/unstructured tests e.g.: Rorschach, TAT

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