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Personality

Personality. What makes us unique individuals?. What is “Personality”?. Trait theory: Personalities can be characterized by presence and magnitude of traits that are common across all people. Are personalities stable?. Tests have been devised to measure personality traits.

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Personality

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  1. Personality What makes us unique individuals?

  2. What is “Personality”? • Trait theory: • Personalities can be characterized by presence and magnitude of traits that are common across all people

  3. Are personalities stable? • Tests have been devised to measure personality traits. • The tests show high stability over time. • Do the tests really measure anything? • Psychics • Barnum Effect

  4. Genetic basis of traits • Personality traits might simply be softer expressions of psychological disorders. • Gloomy -- depression • Eccentric -- Schizophrenic • Happy -- manic

  5. The confounding influence of situations • Do people act the way they do because of their personality, or the situation? • Low behavioral correlations across situations. • We generally see people in the same situations (students & teachers, athletes, etc.)

  6. Is personality real? • Do people really have personalities? • Is personality just our attempt to understand people around us, to make them more predictable? Do we see “consistency” where none exists?

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