Perspectives on Personality1. Students are able to: -Evaluate psychodynamic theories -Evaluate trait theories -Evaluate humanistic theories -Evaluate social–cognitive theories

Assessment of Personality2. Students are able to: -Differentiate personality assessment techniques -Discuss the reliability and validity of personality assessment techniques

Issues in personality3. Students are able to: -Discuss biological and situational influences -Discuss self-concept -Analyze how individualistic and collectivistic cultural perspectives relate to personality

4. Identify key contributors to personality theory (e .g ., Alfred Adler, Albert Bandura, Paul Costa and Robert McCrae, Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers)

Unit 6 Personality Essential Topics

Personality OverviewPersonality theories is a system of concepts, assumptions, ideas, and principles that are used to explain personality

Trait Theory

Attempt to learn what traits make up personality and how they relate to our actual behaviors

Humanistic theory Stresses private, subjective experience and personal growth

Psychodynamic theory

Behavioristic theory

Focuses on the inner workings of personality, especially internal conflicts and struggles

Places importance on the external environment and on the effects of conditioning and learning

Biological theory Genetics are responsible for personality

Trait OverviewWe use the trait theory to predict future behavior

Trait OverviewThere are multiple kids of traits

Common Traits Individual Traits Cardinal Traits

Characteristics shared by most members of a culture

Define a person’s unique personal qualities

The basic trait that all of a person’s activities can be traced to

Trait OverviewCentral vs. Secondary

Central Traits Secondary Traits

Core qualities or basic building blocks of personality

Less consistent, relatively superficial aspects of a person

7 on average

Surface traits vs. Source traits

Psychodynamic Theory of Personality

Focuses on the unconscious mind and childhood experiences as the drive of personality

Erikson

Psychoanalytic Theory OverviewId----Ego----SuperEgo

Id Superego

Based off of the pleasure principle

chaotic

Relates the Id to the reality of life. Guided by the reality principle

Ego

Acts as a judge or censor for the thoughts and actions of the ego. moderator

Learning Theories of Personality Behavioral Personality Theories

Emphasize that personality is no more than a collection of learned behavior patterns

Acquired through classical and operant conditioning

Reject the idea of traits

Learning Theories of Personality Behavioral Personality Theories

Personality is developed through social reinforcement

Based off of praise, attention, or approval from others

Childhood is a time of urgent drives, powerful rewards and punishments, and huge frustrationsWhat role does school play in this?

Humanistic Theory of Personality Humanism

Focuses on human experience, problems, potentials, and ideals.

At its core lies a positive image of a person being good

A crucial factor is our capability of free choice

Humanistic Theory of Personality Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow

Humanistic Theory of Personality Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow

Biological Theory of Personality

Argues there is a strong link between inherited factors and human personality

For example: neuroticism was inherited as a whole factor.

Hans Eysenck

Big 5 theory of personality(aspect of trait theory)

Each group member needs to research the following about their respective trait;-summary of trait-examples both high and low-importance to every day life

Group Reflection (only 1 as a group)

Big 5 theory of personalityGroup Reflection

As a group, on one sheet of paper, please reflect on the following topics;1. Provide a one sentence description of each of the 5 traits.2. In a paragraph, describe the 2 traits that you feel are the most

and least revealing about someone with support of your choices.

Body Language and Personality

What does Body Language show us as an insight to our personalities?