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Exploring Trait Approach in Personality Theory

Learn about the stable aspect of personality, behaviors in various situations, and historical perspectives from Hippocrates to modern trait theorists like Allport and Cattell. Discover how traits create personality and take the 16 PF test to understand your own traits.

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Exploring Trait Approach in Personality Theory

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  1. Trait Approach • Personality Theory - Part One

  2. Trait Approach • Explain the reasonable stable aspect of personality • Behaviors in situations • Fixed and unchanging

  3. Hippocrates • 4 Basic Humors • 1. Yellow Bile - Quick Temper • 2. Blood - Warm • 3. Phlegm - Sluggish • Black Bile - Thoughtful

  4. How is this connected to disease and disorder? • Lack of Balance

  5. How do you restore balance? • blood-letting • vomiting

  6. Gordon Allport • 1930s • Categorized 18,000 trait words from the dictionary • Traits inherited • Attached to nervous system • Stack together to create personality

  7. Raymond Cattell • Studied groups not individuals • Surface Traits (obvious) • Traits come in clusters • Source Traits (underlying) • Test 16 PF

  8. Entrance Ticket • Due in two days • Go to http://personality-testing.info/tests/16PF.php • Take the test - and record your results • If possible, print them

  9. Hans Eysenck • Introverts (imaginative and inward) • Extroverts (active and expressive) • Emotionally Stable (reliable) • Unstable (unpredictable)

  10. The Big Five • Extraversion (your level of sociability and enthusiasm) • Agreeableness (your level of friendliness and kindness) • Conscientiousness (your level of organization and work ethic) • Emotional Stability (your level of calmness and tranquility) • Intellect (your level of creativity and curiosity)

  11. Problems with Trait Theory • Does not explain where traits come from

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