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Traits and Types of personality - Coggle Diagram
Traits and Types of personality
type theories put people into categories
you are in one category or another- discontinuous
Evaluation
over simplistic as it ignores the continuous nature
differences may be qualitative
strength in it's simplicity
degree of complexity as 16 different types are available, this is enough
Jungian psychological types
you are either of two types E.G. are you a thinker or a feeler
After 4 of these choices are made you get a 4 letter code that corresponds with a personality type.
lead to the creation of the Myers-briggs type indicator
Happened in WW2 to help women to pick the right job.
Trait theories
Everyone has the same set of traits
Where people differ is the amount of each trait that they have
continuous
number of traits
Cattell
30-35 using factor analysis
sixteen personality factor questionnaire
used language, all words in the dictionary that describe the different areas of personality
Found surface (171) and source traits in groups (these drive behaviour).
human error could be implicated due to technological limitations
Evaluation
had scientific rigor
precise measures for personality
personality may be more subjective
not a product of advanced statistics
Eyesenck
3 distinct ones
Allport
4500
Factor analysis
Stat way to find order in a correlational matrix
manage many variables at the same time
Groups of closely related inter-correlations are called factors. In personality these are the overarching traits
measures of behaviour are able to be simplified to fewer more important psychological dimensions