1. *Listen *Ask Open- ended Questions *Repeat *Look for patterns DESCRIBE WHAT YOU SEE BY NUMBER AT YOUR TABLE

2. PERSON #1

3. PERSON #2

4. PERSON #3

5. PERSON #4

6. Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Tell your good friends to seize the day! Graphology Analysis:  Letters slant left/right/straight/both?  left = pessimism  right = optimism  both = “maverick”  straight = “flexibility”  Each sentence slanting up to the right, down to the right, straight?  Up = pessimism  Down = optimism  Straight = neutral  Loops on g’s and y’s large and circular or small/closed off  Large/round = preoccupied with sex  Crossing T’s whip-like or above the vertical line?  Whip = sadistic or practical joker?  Not touching/above vertical like = daydreamer WRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE IN CURSIVE ON A BLANK PAGE

7. Evaluation WHAT DO YOU KNOW NOW THAT YOU DIDN’T BEFORE? WHAT EVIDENCE IS THERE TO SUPPORT THIS NEW KNOWLEDGE?

8. Myth #7 PEOPLE’S RESPONSES TO INKBLOTS OR HANDWRITING TESTS TELL US A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THEIR PERSONALITIES

9.  Frequent media portrayals of or reference to Rorschach Inkblot Test  Crime show portrayals of graphology implies common use. Exaggeration of a kernel of truth:  QDE (questioned document examinee) used by historians, collectors, and courts to determine the authenticity or origins of handwriting.  No evidence despite many attempts to authenticate the use of these types of tests.  So where do we go from here? WHERE DOES THIS MYTH ORIGINATE?

10. Personality TRAIT THEORY

11. Sigmund Freud  Focus: Explain WHY you have this personality  EGO processes unconscious conflicts between the ID & SUPEREGO  Personality testing should uncover “hidden” meanings Gordon Allport  Define personality in terms of stable behavior patterns.  Focus: DESCRIBE basic traits that make up human personality PSYCHODYNAMIC V. TRAIT THEORY

12.  Today–  Finalize Myth #7  Begin Myth #8 – Consciousness/Subliminal Messages  Friday –  Finalize Myth #8  Begin Myth #9 – Consciousness/Sleep  Tuesday –  Mask Presentations  Bring Notes (to help with presenting)  BE PREPARED  110 Points  Thursday –  Continue Myth #9 – Consciousness/Sleep UPCOMING SCHEDULE

13.  The Ancient Greeks Hippocrates (ever heard of the hippocratic oath?) TRAIT THEORY: ORIGINS

14.  William Sheldon’s Somatotypes (body types) TRAIT THEORY: ORIGINS

15.  18,000 different traits in the dictionary  Personalities made up of: #1: Cardinal traits: a pervasive trait that governs everything a person does. Example: Mother Teresa GORDON ALLPORT

16. #2: Central traits: traits expected of a person most of the time, usually a cluster of 5 – 7 descriptive terms. Example: How would you MOM describe you? #3: Secondary traits: situation-specific traits that help round out your personality (attitudes, specific behavior patterns, skills, preferences). Less important and more likely to change. Example: What’s your favorite candy bar? GORDON ALLPORT

17. NOW…THE BIG 5

18. MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR

20. JUNG TYPOLOGY TEST Shortened version of MBTI 70 “Yes” or “No” questions Objective test: How you answer the question determines the “strength” of that personality dimension. “I like to be in crowds” Yes: extrovert No: introvert

21.  International Personality Item Pool  Measure personality traits associated with the Big 5.  Objective  Short form, 120 questions IPIP-NEO

22. TYPE A & TYPE B PERSONALITIES  Which are you?  Complete Type A/Type B scale

23.  What do you think? YOUR PERSONALITY PROFILES

24. “There’s a sucker born every minute.” -P.T. Barnum THE BARNUM EFFECT When a person finds personal meaning in statements that could apply to many people.

25. HOW DO YOU SQUEEZE YOUR TOOTHPASTE?

26.  Very descriptive – especially compared to handwriting and inkblot testing  Verifiable with data  Objective rather than subjective  Criticisms: The person-situation controversy…do trait theorists underestimate the variability of behavior from situation to situation? How do you account for situations in a trait test or a type test? EVALUATION: TRAIT THEORY/TESTING