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This document discusses several theories of personality including Gordon Allport's theory of personality types, Raymond Cattell's 16 personality factors, and Hans Eysenck's biologically based factor theory. It provides an overview of each theory and their dimensions or factors for conceptualizing human personality.

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UNDSELF Lesson-1

This document discusses several theories of personality including Gordon Allport's theory of personality types, Raymond Cattell's 16 personality factors, and Hans Eysenck's biologically based factor theory. It provides an overview of each theory and their dimensions or factors for conceptualizing human personality.

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UNDERSTANDING THE SELF


(UNDSELF)

Lesson 1:
THEORIES OF PERSONALITY

Lecturer:
Marjon D. Enriquez

ACCESS COMPUTER COLLEGES


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TOPIC
• Personality
• Philosophical perspective
• Dimensions for a concept of
humanity
• Psychology of individual
• 16 pf (personality factors)
• Biologically based factor
theory
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PERSONALITY
• DERIVED FROM THE LATIN
WORD PERSONA WHICH
MEANS “MASK”

• The enduring and lasting


patterns of behavior and
thoughts. ( accross time and
situation)
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PERSONALITY TYPES AND TRAITS
• PERSONALITY TYPES- Discrete Category.
• PERSONALITY TRAITS- is an enduring
personal characteristics that underlies a
persons reactions to a variety of
situations.
▪ TRAITS- Consistency over time.
✔ Individual differences in behavior
✔ Stability accross situation
▪ CHARACTERISTICS- Unique qualities.
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Why different theories/ philosophical perspective?

• Different personal background.


• Childhood experiencess
• Interpersonal relationships
• Different philosophical
orientations
• Unique ways of looking at the
world
• Data chosen to observe is
different.
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Dimensions for a concept of humanity
• Determinism vs. Free choice- do we
conciously direct our own actions, or
they are govern by other forces?
-Some behavior are determined by past
events and some can be spontaneous and
under our control.
• Pessimism vs optimism- are we
basically good or evil?
-Some viewed human personality good
and hopeful, depicting as us humanitarian,
altruistic, socially concious. Other theorist
find few these qualities in human beings,
either collectivelly or individuality
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Dimensions for a concept of humanity
• Causality vs teleology- Causality-
past exp
-Teleology- explanation of behavior in
terms of future goals or purposes
• Concious vs unconcious
determinants of behavior-
equilibrium/ growth
-are we motivated simply to maintain
physiological or does the urge to grow
and develop shape our behavior?
-Self actualization and development
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Dimensions for a concept of humanity
• Biological vs social influences
on personality- nature/
nurture
• Uniquness vs similarities- is
the personality of the human
being unique or are there
broad personality patterns
that fit large numbers of
persons.
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THEORIES OF PERSONALITY
GORDON ALLPORT
PSYCHOLOGY OF INDIVIDUAL
Structure of personality
• Cardinal traits- traits that are so much
a part of who the person by the trait.
- A trait so dominant a persons entire life
revolves around it.
• Central traits- Major characteristics of
our personality such as: sensitivity,
honesty and generosity.
• Secondary traits- Characterisctics that
are exhibited in specific situations.
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THEORIES OF PERSONALITY Warmth Vigilance
RAYMOND CATTELL Reasoning Abstractness

16 PF (PERSONALITY FACTORS) Emotional Privateness


stability
• According to him, human
Dominance Apprehension
personality traits could be
Liveliness Oppeness to
summarized by 16 pf. Or main change

traits. Rules Self reliance


conciousness
• Everybody has some degree of
Social Perfectionism
everyday trait. boldness
sensitivity tension
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THEORIES OF PERSONALITY Warmth Vigilance
RAYMOND CATTELL Reasoning Abstractness
16 PF (PERSONALITY FACTORS) Emotional Privateness
• Three broad sourcess of data are stability

required for any analysis that Dominance Apprehension


aims to uncover all the MAJOR Liveliness Oppeness to
DIMENSIONS OF PERSONALITY. change

• L- data (LIFE) Rules Self reliance


conciousness
• Q-data (QUESTIONNAIRES)
• T-data (TESTING) Social Perfectionism
boldness
sensitivity tension
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THEORIES OF PERSONALITY
Hans Eysenck
Biologically based factor theory
• Disagreed will Allport and Cattell.
• He believed that there are only 3
major dimensions to personality.
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THEORIES OF PERSONALITY
Hans Eysenck
Biologically based factor theory
BIPOLAR DIMENSIONS
• EXTRAVERSION
-Orientation towards external source of
stimulations.

• NEUROTICISM
-Measure of emotional stability

• PSYCHOTICISM
-aggresiveness
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References
• THEORIES OF PERSONALITY
BOOK
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Next Session

• PSYCHOSEXUAL
DEVELOPMENT THEORY

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