Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Personality
- "Personality is the sum total
of an individuals
characteristics' which make
a human unique"
- Trait theory
- Eysneck
- Split personalities up into 4
different categories
- Introvert- Shy, reserved and
aroused quickly
- Extrovert- Not easily
aroused,loud and
outgoing
- Stable- Predictable
emotions and recovers
from stress fast
- Neurotic- High degrees of
stress and upredictable
emotions
- Cattell
- Believed personality
couldn't be split into
two dimensions
- Look at a larger number of traits (16) before
a complete picture of personality could be
identified
- Set out on a continuum from
high to low
- Girdano
- Narrow theories down
into two groups
- Type A-
Impatient,competitive,suffers
stress,likes control.
- Type B- Non
competitive,works
slowly,low levels of
stress
- Persoanlity made up
of secondary traits
- Inherited from
parental genes
- Behaviour is
innate,stable
and consistent
- Social learning theory
- All behaviour is learned
- Interactionist approach
- Personality profilling