class 10

Personality

Enduring/ relatively stable characteristics consistent over time and unique to a person

Hippocrates view

Phlegmatic- calm and have higher concentration of plegm

Melancholy- depressive attribute and have higher level of black bile

Sanguine- optimistic and have more blood

Choleric- irritability, higher concentration of yellow bile

Sheldon’s theory 1954

Endomorphic- plump and round more calm and outgoing

Mesomorphic- muscular, more firm and energetic

Ecromorphic- skinny and tall more fearful and reserved

Psychodynamic theories

By some of Freud’s disciples e. Carl Jung who developed MBTI

It uses projective tests to bring forward unconscious thoughts

Models

Psycho genetic model

Typographic model

Conscious level

Pre conscious level

Unconscious level

Structural model

The id, Eros, Thanatos

The ego

The superego, conscience,ego ideal

Trait theories

View personality as a continuum rather than stric categorization. It’s more interested in explaining the attributes of personality rather than exploring causes of personality

Some theorist: Paul Costa, Raymond Cattell

Lexical hypothesis

Derive labels from everyday words

Eynick

Introversion and extroversion

Personality factors

Personality descriptions in clusters

NEO-PI-R

Neo personality inventory revised

240 questions

Neo ffi

Neo five factor inventory

60 questions

Rank order consistency

Responses or traits are similar across different situations