1. Personality
A2 PE

2. Matthew Syed
Bounce – Champions are not born but made

3. Personality Tennis Tantrums Baseball Mike Bassett vs Brendan Rodgers
Create a list of Personality Traits

4. PERSONALITY
Definition – The unique, enduring, stable individual characteristics of a person.
Our personality influences all that we do in sport.It affects things such as aggression, motivation, leadership, concentration.

5. TRAIT THEORY OF PERSONALITY
A trait is a characteristic of personality which is inherited from birth
Traits are innate forces causing an individual to act in a certain way.
Traits are arranged in hierarchical order with primary traits over secondary traits
Eysenck recognised four personality types
1.Neurotic and extrovert
2.Stable extrovert
3. Stable introvert
4. Neurotic introvert

6. restless
Moody
Neurotic (unstable)
anxious
touchy
pessimistic
aggressive
excitable
reserved
impulsive
unsociable
optimistic
quiet
active
Introvert
Extrovert
careful
sociable
thoughtful
outgoing
peaceful
talkative
easygoing
controlled
lively
reliable
carefree
calm
leadership
Stable

7. The ‘narrow band’ approach to personality
Arising from the trait perspective is the ‘narrow band’ approach.
This identifies two personality types which are genetically inherited

8. Narrow Band Type A Highly competitive Strong desire to succeed
Works fast
Likes to control
Prone to stress
Type B
Non – competitive
Unambitious
Works more slowly
Does not enjoy control
Less prone to stress

9. Drawbacks of trait theory
It is an unreliable predictor of behaviour
Trait theory does not take into account environmental experiences

10. SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY
Personality is a product of nurture
This theory suggests that all behaviour is learned through interaction with the environment.
Therefore, the response made by an individual cannot be predicted
Bandura’s theory
We imitate the behaviour of others through observation – modelling
New behaviours are acquired through reinforcement

11. Interactionist theory of personality
Personality is a product of both nature and nurture
Equation B= F(PE)
This theory combines trait and social learning theories and is generally accepted to be a more realistic explanation
e.g. Person has a trait of aggression. By observing others behaving aggressively their own aggressive tendencies are reinforced. They then subsequently display aggression in the same situation

12. Hollander’s concentric ring theory1 2 3

13. The psychological core – The ‘real you’ The real self, never revealed.
2. Typical responses - the usual responses to an environmental situation. This may be an attitude such as learned helplessness
3. Role related behaviour – the surface of personality. Determined by our perception of the environment at any given time. May explain irrational responses like aggression