TRAIT THEORIES
Unit 5
Lesson 5
OBJECTIVES
Identify leading trait models of personality.
 Complete True Colors and Kiersey II
Temperament Activities.
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WARM UP
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How do
psychoanalytic,
humanistic, and
behavioral
perspectives of
personality differ?
Psychoanalysts
emphasize
unconscious forces in
dvpt of personality
 Humanists emphasize
natural desire to be all
we can be
 Behavioral (or socialcognitive) theories
emphasize impact of
learning and cognition
on dvpt.
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REVIEW
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Behaviorists
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How do Skinner &
Bandura differ?
Who are the
humanists?
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Bandura credited thought
in learning, while Skinner
said it was all
reinforcement &
punishment.
Maslow – Hierarchy of
Needs (Self-Actualized)
Rogers – Self Concept (Real
vs Ideal Self) and Fully
Functioning Person
TRAIT THEORIES
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Basic Assumptions
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Each person has unique pattern of stable, long lasting traits
(internal characteristics).
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Gordon Allport
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Raymond Cattell
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4500 personality traits, or “dispositions”
Describes how we differ, not why
Factor Analysis to reduce Allport’s traits to 16 “clusters”
Degree to which we possess trait forms unique personality profile
Root of all human behavior
Hans Eysenck
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Hierarchy of traits
Introversion-Extroversion, Emotional Stability, Psychoticism
“BIG FIVE” THEORY
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Openness
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Conscientiousness
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Assertive, social,
energetic
Agreeableness
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Efficient, ethical, reliable
Extroversion
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Unusual, original
thought
Considerate,
trustworthy, warm
Neuroticism
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Anxious, worrisome,
vulnerable