What are the Trait and Interactionalist theories What models are there for personality 11 Personality theories Defining Personality We often use the term personality but what does it actually mean ID: 494315
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What is personality?What are the Trait and Interactionalist theories?What models are there for personality?
1.1- Personality theoriesSlide2
Defining Personality
We often use the term personality but what does it actually mean?
No Clear definition
But…
“Personality is the distinctive pattern of long-lasting psychological and behavioural characteristics by which someone can be compared to others.”
She has a great personality
He hasn’t got a personality
We have a conflict of personality
He has his father’s personality
She’s a real personalitySlide3
Why study personality?Personality has been studied by many psychologists over the years and has been difficult to define.
The key questions in relation to sport are:-
Is there a relationship between personality and the sport you chose?
Why do some people prefer team sports to individual?
What do basketball players have in common with other basketball players?Slide4
Trait theoriesTrait theory was based on 3 assumptions…Tendency to behave is stable and unchanging
Tendency to behave is consistent in all different situations
Each person has a unique combination of dispositions
Criticism
Doesn’t explain why our behaviour may change in different situationsSocial learning theory- learn by copying others (significant others, friends etc.)Slide5
Interactionalist theoriesInteractionalist theorists built on the work by the Trait theorists
They suggested that our behaviour depends upon what traits we have inherited and how these are influenced by our environment.
So we can split personality up into…
Traits (Internal) Environment (external)
This suggests that our behaviour should be predictable in certain environments HoweverBehaviour may be different as the environment changesSlide6
Hollander’s Model
Social environment
Psychological Core
Inner core of beliefs, values and attitudes
Fairly permanent, unlikely to change
Typical responses
Responses to a situation show our coreDifferent core will lead to different responses
Role-related behaviourShows our actual responses to a certain situationMost changeable aspect of personality
Behaviour will vary depending onHow we feel?
The situation we are in?Slide7
Theories of PersonalityInteractionalist
Trait
How we behave depends on
both
our inner core and the environment which we are put it.
We inherit traits that
define our personality, greater emphasis is place on the inner core.
Key difference- Emphasis placed upon the effect the environment has on your chosen behaviour
Federer?