Trait theory

person’s personality, such as their traits, behavior, genetics, psychodynamic motivation, humanistic paradigm and social cognitive design. My personality can be attributed to trait and behavioral paradigms and through those paradigms, my personality was shaped into the introverted, stressed person that I am today. One particular paradigm that affected my life is the trait-dispositional paradigm. My particular traits affect how my life goes. Mainly, my key trait is my introversion, preferring to…

There are numerous theories within psychology that discuss how an individual’s personality develops. For example, Trait Theory discusses how an individual’s personality is formed based on how they fall along a continuum of various defining traits. In order to analyze Ryan Bingham’s personality in the film, Up in the Air, it is necessary to use a mix of Humanistic, Psychoanalytic, and Behavioral/Social Learning theories of personality. These theories explain Ryan’s the detriments and benefits to…

This study emphasizes on the predictions about change in mean levels of personality traits in adulthood. The five-factor theory says that after the age of 30, no change is possible in personality. This is known as hard plaster hypothesis. Similarly the soft hypothesis says that some change is possible after 30. To discuss this hypothesis, this article reports a huge research that was conducted on a large group of people with almost 140000 adults being a part of that group with ages between…

personality, and I will also examine the relationship of biological factors by Maslow’s theory of personality. I will conclude by explaining some basic aspects of humanistic theories that are incompatible with biological explanations of personality. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs was created by Abraham Maslow, who strongly pushes…

temperament was a concept originated from the historical theory called “the four temperaments” suggesting that there are four personality types, sanguine, choleric, melancholic, and phlegmatic. The concept played an important part in pre-modern psychology. Secondly, temperament is “used to refer to the prevailing mood or mood pattern of a person…” (“Britannia Academic Encyclopedia” 1) . It is the combination of ones physical, emotional and mental traits which defines the natural aspects of an…

association between personality traits and body esteem; nevertheless, personality traits recount to other distinct dissimilarity dynamics that are linked to body esteem, establishing the likelihood of a more multifaceted association. McCrae and Costa’s five-factor theory, the Big Five personality proportions (agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, extraversion, and openness to experience) impact individuals’ self-conceptions together with the trait self-esteem (Skorek et al,…

McCrae & Paul Costa’s Five-Factor Model is the most universally accepted explanation for the core personality traits that exist in all humans across cultures (Schultz & Schultz, 2013). The factors of this model are Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness to new experiences, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness. For the purposes of this research, cultural differences in the personality trait of extraversion will be examined more carefully. In this first study, Hana and Nahyun (2012) considered a…

sprains from individuals, psychologists have attempted to find other personality traits that might be associated with creativity in an individual. Feist (1998) noted that the field of personality psychology and creativity emphasize the distinctiveness of an individual, and focus on fairly stable traits that elicit the individual 's originality. He stated that it is the constancy in the personality traits that allow traits to accumulated into prototype of a personality. Feist (1998) acknowledged…

Personality is often defined as consisted behavior patterns or qualities that make a person who they are (Beaver, 4). Many researchers believe our birth order can play a significant role in helping to develop our personality traits. Alder believes our birth order helps shape our personality (Beaver,121). Alder proposed that the first few years of our lives are how our personalities are formed. Research done by Alfred Alder and Frank Sulloway have shown a significant correlation between birth…

Social media and Facebook in particular allows for the creation of an online identity that may be controlled and catered for through the application of status updates and photos. On the other hand, one’s personality is thought to be constructed of five traits or scales under the Big Five Factor Model that includes openness, conscientiousness,…