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Trait Approach

Explain the reasonable stable aspect of personality

Behaviors in situations

Fixed and unchanging

Hippocrates4 Basic Humors

1. Yellow Bile - Quick Temper

2. Blood - Warm

3. Phlegm - Sluggish

Black Bile - Thoughtful

How is this connected to disease and disorder?

Lack of Balance

How do you restore balance?

blood-letting

vomiting

Gordon Allport

1930s

Categorized 18,000 trait words from the dictionary

Traits inherited

Attached to nervous system

Stack together to create personality

Raymond Cattell

Studied groups not individuals

Surface Traits (obvious)

Traits come in clusters

Source Traits (underlying)

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Hans EysenckIntroverts (imaginative and inward)

Extroverts (active and expressive)

Emotionally Stable (reliable)

Unstable (unpredictable)

The Big Five

Extraversion (your level of sociability and enthusiasm)Agreeableness (your level of friendliness and kindness)Conscientiousness (your level of organization and work ethic)Emotional Stability (your level of calmness and tranquility)Intellect (your level of creativity and curiosity)

Problems with Trait Theory

Does not explain where traits come from