1. Trait Approach Personality Theory - Part One

2. Trait Approach Explain the reasonable stable aspect of personality Behaviors in situations Fixed and unchanging

3. Hippocrates 4 Basic Humors 1. Yellow Bile - Quick Temper 2. Blood - Warm 3. Phlegm - Sluggish Black Bile - Thoughtful

4. How is this connected to disease and disorder? Lack of Balance

5. How do you restore balance? blood-letting vomiting

6. Gordon Allport 1930s Categorized 18,000 trait words from the dictionary Traits inherited Attached to nervous system Stack together to create personality

7. Raymond Cattell Studied groups not individuals Surface Traits (obvious) Traits come in clusters Source Traits (underlying) Test 16 PF

9. Entrance Ticket Due in two days Go to http://personality- testing.info/tests/16PF.phphttp://personality- testing.info/tests/16PF.php Take the test - and record your results If possible, print them

10. Hans Eysenck Introverts (imaginative and inward) Extroverts (active and expressive) Emotionally Stable (reliable) Unstable (unpredictable)

12. The Big Five Extraversion (your level of sociability and enthusiasm) Agreeableness (your level of friendliness and kindness) Conscientiousness (your level of organization and work ethic) Emotional Stability (your level of calmness and tranquility) Intellect (your level of creativity and curiosity)

14. Problems with Trait Theory Does not explain where traits come from