1 / 32

Exploring Traits in Personality Psychology

Discover the history, models, and judgments of personality traits. Analyze Big Five traits, types, motives, and expressive styles. Learn the relationships and implications within trait aspects of personality.

cardoza
Download Presentation

Exploring Traits in Personality Psychology

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Personality Sixth edition Chapter 8 Trait Aspects of Personality

  2. Modules Introduction: Trait Aspects of Personality 8.1: The History of Trait Approaches 8.2: Gordon Allport’s Trait Psychology 8.3: The Big Five 8.4: Personality Judgments 8.5: Types 8.6: Motives 8.7: Expressive Style Conclusion: Trait Aspects of Personality

  3. Learning Objectives (1 of 2) 8.1: Evaluate the development of different approaches to analyzing traits 8.2: Analyze the claims made by Gordon Allport’s trait psychology 8.3: Examine the five dimensions of the most common trait approaches to personality 8.4: Examine how people judge the personalities of other people

  4. Learning Objectives (1 of 2) 8.5: Review the concept of personality types 8.6: Use the concept of motive to understand personality 8.7: Scrutinize the relationship between personality and expressive style

  5. Introduction: Trait Aspects of Personality? • Different approaches to analyzing traits • Five dimensions of most common trait approaches to personality

  6. 8.1: The History of Trait Approaches Traits for characters in stories Greek contribution Modern approaches Objective: Evaluate the development of different approaches to analyzing traits

  7. 8.1.1: Jung’s Extroversion and Introversion • Trait approaches • Myers-Brigg Type Indicator

  8. 8.1.2: The Use of Statistics • Factor analysis • Cattell’s approach

  9. 8.1.3: Q-data,T-data, L-data, and the 16PF • Q-data • T-data • L-data

  10. 8.2: Gordon Allport’s Trait Psychology Allport’s first meeting with Freud Allport’s approach Objective: Analyze the claims made by Gordon Allport’s trait psychology

  11. 8.2.1: The Importance of Culture • Studying prejudice • Studying cultural influences on personality

  12. 8.2.2: Functional Equivalence • Drawbacks of factor analysis • Allport’s solution

  13. 8.2.3: Common Traits • Common biological heritage • Childhood experiences

  14. 8.2.4: Personal Dispositions • Idiographic methods • Nuclear quality • What is personal disposition?

  15. 8.3: The Big Five Extroversion Agreeableness Conscientiousness Neuroticism Openness Objective: Examine the five dimensions of the most common trait approaches to personality

  16. 8.3.1: How Was the Big Five Model Developed? • Overview • Factor analysis

  17. 8.3.2: Career Pathways and Other Important Outcomes • Extroverts • Conscientiousness • Agreeableness • Entrepreneurs

  18. 8.3.3: More Than Five? Fewer Than Five? • Derived from new knowledge • Cattell’s scheme

  19. 8.3.4: Eysenck’s Big Three and Related Alternatives • Hans Eysenck • Eysenck’s theory

  20. 8.3.5: Evidence for Eysenck’s Approach • Study: Zuckerman, Joireman, Kraft, & Kuhlman, 1999 • Point 2: Study: Wilt & Revelle, 2009 • Point 3: Study: Lucas & Diener, 2001 • Point 4: Study: Canli, 2006; Canli et al., 2001

  21. 8.4: Personality Judgments Love at first sight Implications Objective: Examine how people judge the personalities of other people

  22. 8.4.1: Consensus in Personality Judgments • Strangers making judgments • Self-rating • Peers and friends making judgments

  23. 8.4.2: Limits of Trait Conceptions • Other aspects that affect • Are professionals better?

  24. 8.5: Types Different types of personality Type theories Objective: Review the concept of personality types

  25. 8.6: Motives What are motives? Types of needs Objective: Use the concept of motive to understand personality

  26. 8.6.1: Measuring Motivation • Using self-report tests • For unknown needs

  27. 8.6.2: Motivational Approach to Traits • Need for achievement • Need for affiliation • Need for power • Need for exhibition

  28. 8.7: Expressive Style Expressive style elements of cartoon characters Consistency in human characteristics Objective: Scrutinize the relationship between personality and expressive style

  29. 8.7.1: Emotional Expressiveness • Relationship of expressive style to personality • Overall expressiveness

  30. 8.7.2: Dominance, Leadership, Influence • Dominant people • Expressive people

  31. 8.7.3: Expressiveness and Health • Healthy personality • Unhealthy personality • Studying nonverbal social skill

  32. Conclusion: Trait Aspects of Personality • Advantages • Limitations • Common assessment techniques • Implications for therapy

More Related