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Positive feelings come from being honest about yourself and accepting your personality, and physical characteristics, warts and all; and, from belonging to a family that accepts you without question.
Willard Scott

Positive feelings come from being honest about yourself and accepting your personality, and physical characteristics, warts and all; and, from belonging to a family that accepts you without question.
Willard Scott

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  1. 1. Personality, Theory and Measurement Introduction www.humanikaconsulting.com
  2. 2. Defining Some Terms • Personality: A person’s unique pattern of thinking, emotion, and behavior; the consistency of who you are, have been, and will become • Character: Personal characteristics that have been judged or evaluated • Temperament: Hereditary aspects of personality, including sensitivity, moods, irritability, and distractibility • Personality Traits: Stable qualities that a person shows in most situations • Personality Type: People who have several traits in common
  3. 3. Definitions: J.P. Guilford (1959) “An individual’s personality, then, is his unique pattern of traits.” – A trait is “any distinguishable, relatively enduring way in which one individual differs from others.”
  4. 4. Definitions: Mackinnon (1959) • Personality refers to “factors” inside people that explain their behavior • The sum total of typical ways of acting, thinking, and feeling that makes a person unique.
  5. 5. Definitions: DSM-IV-TR (2000) “Are enduring patterns of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about the environment and oneself that are exhibited in a wide range of social and personal context.”
  6. 6. Definitions: R.B. Cattell (1950) “The personality of an individual is that which enables us to predict what he will do in a given situation”
  7. 7. 3 Facts to Consider When Defining “Personality”  Individuals are unique  Individuals behave differently in different situations  Although individuals are unique and behave inconsistently across situations, there is considerable commonality in human behavior
  8. 8. Personality Types and Other Concepts • Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist who was a Freudian disciple, believed that we are one of two personality types: – Introvert: Shy, self-centered person whose attention is focused inward – Extrovert: Bold, outgoing person whose attention is directed outward • Self-Concept: Your ideas, perceptions, and feelings about who you are • Self-Esteem: How we evaluate ourselves
  9. 9. Fig. 14.1 Personality types are defined by the presence of several specific traits. For example, several possible personality traits are shown in the left column. A person who has a Type A personality typically possesses all or most of the highlighted traits. Type A persons are especially prone to heart disease (see Chapter 12). Self- concepts can be remarkably consistent. In an interesting study, very old people were asked how they had changed over the years. Almost all thought they were essentially the same person they were when they were young (Troll & Skaff, 1997).
  10. 10. English psychologist Hans Eysenck (1916–1997) believed that many personality traits are related to whether you are mainly introverted or extroverted and whether you tend to be emotionally stable or unstable (highly emotional). These characteristics, in turn, are related to four basic types of temperament first recognized by the early Greeks. The types are: melancholic (sad, gloomy), choleric (hot-tempered, irritable), phlegmatic (sluggish, calm), and sanguine (cheerful, hopeful). (Adapted from Eysenck, 1981.)
  11. 11. Personality Theories: An Overview – Trait Theories: Attempt to learn what traits make up personality and how they relate to actual behavior – Psychodynamic Theories: Focus on the inner workings of personality, especially internal conflicts and struggles – Behavioristic Theories: Focus on external environment and on effects of conditioning and learning – Social Learning Theories: Attribute difference in personality to socialization, expectations, and mental processes – Humanistic Theories: Focus on private, subjective experience and personal growth Personality Theory: System of concepts, assumptions, ideas, and principles proposed to explain personality; includes five perspectives:
  12. 12. History • WW-I: saw the first real organized assessment of personality- seeing if new recruits could make adjustment to the military. – Just focused on one facet of personality – Very specific (e.g., ability to follow orders, submission to authority, degree of comfort when socializing with others) u Over the next 2 decades multiscaled test emerged that examined assertiveness, anxiety, impulsiveness
  13. 13. History • 1930’s and 1940’s—Allport and Murray began writing about personality and theories of personality • Then came two camps: – Objective –empirically derived tests – Projective—produced items and interpretations based on the theory of personality. This method was more unstructured and less defined (e.g., TAT) Gordon W. Allport
  14. 14. History • Empirically based tests used statistics and a criterion to develop test items – Item correlations – Factor analytic approach – Criterion-referenced approach – These two branched from empirically based tests of the early part of the century
  15. 15. Today • New tests have emerged but most tend to be variants of the original themes and theories of personality • Most excepted to use a theory and to test out items on a criterion as well as using statistics
  16. 16. Why measure personality? • Determine workplace suitability • To be used in conjunction with intelligence tests to make decisions about school suitability • To assist in diagnosis of a mental illness • To be used to court by forensic psychologists to determine personality of a possible offender • Sport psychologists: to help understand their clients • As part of a research study or to develop tests • Generally used for diagnostic purposes
  17. 17. Personality tests • A personality test is an assessment device used to evaluate or measure aspects of personality, such as factors (dimensions) and traits • First developed during WW1 to help with suitability of applicants • Different tests based on different theorists • two different kinds or types of personality tests: personality inventories and projective tests
  18. 18. Personality Inventories • Most commonly used of personality tests • A personality inventory is a self- report, ‘paper and pencil’ or online test which has a list of questions designed to assess various aspects of personality • Examples are the 16PF, EPQ and NEO-PI-R • are considered to be ‘objective’ tests because the person giving the test does not subjectively (personally) interpret what the test-taker means by their responses • The answers given are compared with the answers of other • individuals with known personality traits who have taken the test
  19. 19. Cont. • The questions cover such things as their interests, emotional functioning, sociability, agreeableness, openness to experience, conscientiousness, attitudes and values • The individual responds to the questions such as yes/no, in terms of whether they like/ dislike or agree/disagree with a statement about themselves or someone else, or an a rating scale where the individual indicates how much they like/dislike or agree/disagree with a statement like/dislike or agree/disagree with a statement. • Each item of the inventory provides information about one of the traits or dimensions being measured • By comparing responses to norms, a personality profile is compiled • A personality profile is an overall pictorial representation and summary of personality, based on responses to specific questions Personality Inventories
  20. 20. • “Personality” as a construct may include: – Emotional responses – Social behavior – Emotional thoughts and behaviour – Motivations – Values – Interests • Methods of Measuring Personality: – Paper & pencil tests: questionnaires, inventories – Situational exercises – Field or natural observations – Projective measures Personality Inventories
  21. 21. Value of Personality Questionnaires Value to the individual (face validity) – Self-insight – Points of discussion – Norms provide comparison info
  22. 22. Value of Personality Questionnaires • Value to research (construct validity) – Study relationships of personality w/ other variables – Study changes over time • Value for Counseling - marital therapy - university counseling centers • Value for personnel management – Screening – Prediction of success – Placement & counseling
  23. 23. Disadvantage of Personality Tests • Social Desirability • Faking “Good” • Faking “Bad” • Random Responding
  24. 24. Two Main Personality Theories 1. Trait theory: people differ based on stable attributes (called “traits”) – characteristics lie on a continuum – e.g., the Big Five 2. Type theory: people can be sorted into categories (either one type or the other) • There are many different personality inventories that measure traits or types
  25. 25. Personality Theory
  26. 26. 1. Psychoanalytic 2. Trait 3. Humanistic 4. Socio-Cognitive Four Theories of Personality
  27. 27. • Freud’s theory: unconscious motivations influence personality • Freud was a Viennese physician who thought his patients’ problems were more emotional than physical • Freud began his work by using hypnosis and eventually switched to psychoanalysis The Psychoanalytic Theory
  28. 28. Some Key Freudian Terms • Psyche: Freud’s term for the personality; contains id, ego, and superego • Libido: Energy • Eros: Life instinct • Thanatos: Death instinct
  29. 29. • Psychoanalysis (Freud) – Theory: our actions are due to unconscious conflicts – Therapy: treating psychological disorders by uncovering and interpreting unconscious conflicts The Psychoanalytic Perspective
  30. 30. • Free Association – method of exploring the unconscious – person relaxes and says whatever comes to mind, no matter how trivial or embarrassing The Psychoanalytic Perspective
  31. 31. • Unconscious (Freud) – A reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings and memories – Two main unconscious instincts: • sex and aggression • Preconscious – information that is not conscious but is retrievable into conscious awareness The Psychoanalytic Perspective
  32. 32. 1. Id 2. Ego 3. Superego Three Personality Structures
  33. 33. • Freud’s idea of the mind’s structure Personality Structure Id Superego Ego Conscious mind Unconscious mind
  34. 34. • Id – unconscious psychic energy – strives to satisfy basic sexual and aggressive instincts – operates on the pleasure principle, seeking immediate gratification Personality Structure
  35. 35. • Superego –our conscience –given to us by family/society –operates on morality principle, sets standards right vs. wrong Personality Structure
  36. 36. • Ego – conscious part of personality – mediates conflict between id and superego – operates on the reality principle, delays gratification of id impulses Personality Structure
  37. 37. Freudian Dynamics of Personality and Anxieties • Ego is always caught in the middle of battles between superego’s desires for moral behavior and the id’s desires for immediate gratification • Neurotic Anxiety: Caused by id impulses that the ego can barely control • Moral Anxiety: Comes from threats of punishment from the superego
  38. 38. • Defense Mechanisms – conflicts of id and superego produce anxiety – defense mechanisms reduce anxiety by distorting reality Defense Mechanisms
  39. 39. • Regression – retreating to behavior appropriate for an earlier stage of development (e.g., temper tantrum) • Repression – pushing anxiety arousing thoughts into the unconscious (e.g., serious traumas like rape) Defense Mechanisms: Examples
  40. 40. • Reaction Formation – expressing feelings that are the opposite of their anxiety-arousing unconscious feelings (e.g., Ban the filth! I hate homosexuals!) Defense Mechanisms
  41. 41. • Projection – disguising our own impulses by attributing them to others (e.g., You always start arguments!) • Rationalization – making up an untrue justification to ourselves for doing something (e.g., sour grapes) Defense Mechanisms
  42. 42. • Displacement – shifting sexual or aggressive impulses toward a less threatening object or person (e.g., kicking the dog!) • Sublimation – rechanneling of unacceptable impulses into socially approved activities (e.g., a great artist who paints nudes!) Defense Mechanisms
  43. 43. Freudian Personality Development • Develops in stages; everyone goes through same stages in same order • Majority of personality is formed before age 6 • Erogenous Zone: Area on body capable of producing pleasure • Fixation: Unresolved conflict or emotional hang-up caused by overindulgence or frustration
  44. 44. Freudian Personality Development : Oral Stage • Oral Stage: Ages 0-1. Most of infants’ pleasure comes from stimulation of the mouth. If a child is overfed or frustrated, oral traits will develop – Oral Dependent Personality: Gullible, passive, and need lots of attention. Fixations create oral-aggressive adults who like to argue and exploit others
  45. 45. Freudian Personality Development: Anal Stage • Anal Stage: Ages 1-3. Attention turns to process of elimination. Child can gain approval or express aggression by letting go or holding on. Ego develops. Harsh or lenient toilet training can make a child: – Anal Retentive: Stubborn, stingy, orderly, and compulsively clean – Anal Expulsive: Disorderly, messy, destructive, or cruel
  46. 46. Freudian Personality Development: Phallic Stage • Phallic Stage: Ages 3-6. Child now notices and is physically attracted to opposite sex parent • Can lead to: – Oedipus Conflict: For boys only. Boy feels rivalry with his father for his mother’s affection. Boy may feel threatened by father (castration anxiety). To resolve, boy must identify with his father (i.e., become more like him and adopt his heterosexual beliefs) – Electra Conflict: Girl loves her father and competes with her mother. Girl identifies with her mother more slowly because she already feels castrated • Both Oedipus and Electra Conflicts are widely rejected today by most psychologists
  47. 47. Freudian Personality Development: Latency and Genital Stages • Latency: Ages 6-Puberty. Psychosexual development is dormant. Same sex friendships and play occur here • Genital Stage: Puberty- on. Realization of full adult sexuality occurs here; sexual urges re- awaken
  48. 48. Further Development of Freud’s Theory: The Neo-Freudians • The Neo-Freudians include: – Carl Jung – Alfred Adler – Karen Horney – Erik Erikson
  49. 49. Neo-Freudians • Accepted broad aspects of Freud’s theory but revised parts of it • Alfred Adler: Disagreed with Freud’s emphasis on unconscious and on importance of sexuality – Striving for Superiority: Basic drive to help us towards perfection – Compensation: Any attempt to overcome feelings of inadequacy or inferiority – Creative Self: Humans create their personalities through choices and experiences • Karen Horney: Resisted Freud’s biological and instinctive ideas – Basic Anxiety: Anxiety that occurs from living in a hostile world
  50. 50. Neo-Freudians: Carl Jung • Persona: Mask or public self presented to others • Personal Unconscious: Individual’s own experiences are stored in here • The contents are unique to each individual • Collective Unconscious: Unconscious ideas and images shared by all humans • Archetypes: Universal idea, image, or pattern found in the collective unconscious
  51. 51. Neo-Freudians: Carl Jung (cont.) • Anima: Archetype representing female principle • Animus: Archetype representing male principle • Self Archetype: Represents unity and balance • Mandala: Circular design representing balance, unity, and completion – Symbolized in every culture
  52. 52. Some Observations on Psychodynamic Theory and Research • Psychodynamic theory has profoundly affected psychological theory, psychotherapy, and literature • It has received little empirical support in part because the concepts are difficult to operationalize
  53. 53. • Projective Tests – used to assess personality (e.g., Rorschach or TAT tests) – How? provides ambiguous stimuli and subject projects his or her motives into the ambiguous stimuli Assessing the Unconscious
  54. 54. • Good tests are reliable and valid – reliable: consistent, getting the same results each time the test is administered – valid: measure what it is suppose to measure Personality Tests
  55. 55. • (+) Can help us understand ego defenses used by everyone (and OK to use if not overused) • (+) Alerts us to the unconscious causes of behavior • (-) Assessment is subjective (TAT, Rorschach) • (-) Reliability and validity of measurement are problems Critique of Psychoanalytic Theory
  56. 56. • Trait – a characteristic pattern of behavior – usually assessed by self- report inventories The Trait Theory
  57. 57. • Personality Inventory – a questionnaire (often with true-false or agree-disagree items) designed to assess traits – objective scoring -- a real plus! Assessing (Measuring) Traits
  58. 58. • Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) – the most widely researched and clinically used of all personality tests – developed to identify emotional disorders Assessing Traits: An Example
  59. 59. • “Nothing in the newspaper interests me except the comics.” • “I get angry sometimes.” MMPI: example of items!
  60. 60. • Empirically Derived Test 1. Select two groups of subjects (e.g., clinically depressed vs normals) 2. give a large pool of questions to them 3. keep only those questions that discriminate between groups MMPI -- validity
  61. 61. • Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) test profile MMPI Hysteria (uses symptoms to solve problems) Masculinity/femininity (interests like those of other sex) T-score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 30 40 50 60 70 80 Hypochondriasis (concern with body symptoms) Depression (pessimism, hopelessness) Psychopathic deviancy (disregard for social standards) Paranoia (delusions, suspiciousness) Psychasthenia (anxious, guilt feelings) Schizophrenia (withdrawn, bizarre thoughts) Hypomania (overactive, excited, impulsive) Social introversion (shy, inhibited) Clinically significant range After treatment (no scores in the clinically significant range Before treatment (anxious, depressed, and displaying deviant behaviors)
  62. 62. • Two Factor Trait Theory of Personality The First Trait Theory UNSTABLE STABLE cholericmelancholic phlegmatic sanguine INTROVERTED EXTRAVERTED Moody Anxious Rigid Sober Pessimistic Reserved Unsociable Quiet Sociable Outgoing Talkative Responsive Easygoing Lively Carefree Leadership Passive Careful Thoughtful Peaceful Controlled Reliable Even-tempered Calm Touchy Restless Aggressive Excitable Changeable Impulsive Optimistic Active
  63. 63. The “Big Five” Personality Factors Trait Description Emotional Stability Calm versus anxious Secure versus insecure Self-satisfied versus self-pitying Extraversion Sociable versus retiring Fun-loving versus sober Affectionate versus reserved Openness Imaginative versus practical Preference for variety versus preference for routine Independent versus conforming Agreeableness Soft-hearted versus ruthless Trusting versus suspicious Helpful versus uncooperative Conscientiousness Organized versus disorganized Careful versus careless Disciplined versus impulsive
  64. 64. • (+) Can help us categorize and predict others’ behavior • (+) Can aid in self understanding • (+) Measurement of traits can be done objectively (reliably and validly) • (-) Traits describe behavior, but don’t explain behavior • (-) Trait theory underestimates the power of the situation in determining behavior Critique of Trait Theory
  65. 65. Humanism • Approach that focuses on human experience, problems, potentials, and ideals • Human Nature: Traits, qualities, potentials, and behavior patterns most characteristic of humans • Free Choice: Ability to choose that is NOT controlled by genetics, learning, or unconscious forces • Subjective Experience: Private perceptions of reality • Self-Actualization (Maslow): Process of fully developing personal potentials • Peak Experiences: Temporary moments of self-actualization
  66. 66. • Self-Concept – one’s perception of oneself: “Who am I?” • Ideal Self – the self I would like to be • Real Self – the way I really am Humanistic Theory: Emphasis on the SELF
  67. 67. Self Concept Humanistic Theory: The SELVES Ideal SelfReal Self (defense mechanisms) (low self- esteem)
  68. 68. • Self-Esteem – one’s feelings of high or low self-worth • Physical • Intellectual • Social Humanistic Theory: Emphasis on the SELF
  69. 69. • Low Self-Esteem: Experiments tell us – heightened prejudice – heightened judgmentalism • High Self-Esteem: – lower levels of depression High Self-Esteem: A Good Thing?
  70. 70. • Self-Serving Bias – a readiness to perceive oneself favorably – “somewhat likely” to go to heaven? • OJ Simpson, Bill Clinton, Michael Jordon, Mother Theresa, or ________ !! Humanistic Theory: One more SELF!
  71. 71. • Individualism (West) – defining one’s identity in terms of personal attributes (introverted, etc.) – giving priority to one’s own goals over group goals • Collectivism (East) – defining one’s identity with group identifications (bin, means “son of”) – giving priority to the goals of one’s group over one’s own goals Humanistic Theory: A Western Perspective
  72. 72. Humanistic Perspective Morality Defined by individuals Defined by social networks (self-based) (duty-based) Attributing Behavior reflects one’s personality Behavior reflects social behaviors and attitudes and roles Value Contrasts Between Individualism and Collectivism Concept Individualism Collectivism Self Independent Interdependent (identity from individual traits) (identity from belonging) Life task Discover and express one’s Maintain connections, fit in uniqueness What matters Me--personal achievement and We--group goals and solidarity; fulfillment; rights and liberties social responsibilities and relationships Coping method Change reality Accommodate to reality Relationships Many, often temporary or casual; Few, close and enduring; confrontation acceptable harmony valued
  73. 73. The Humanistic Approach Rogers and Conditions of WorthMaslow and Self-Actualization
  74. 74. Maslow and Self-Actualization Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
  75. 75. Characteristics of Self-Actualizers • Efficient perceptions of reality • Comfortable acceptance of self, others, and nature • Spontaneity • Task Centering • Autonomy
  76. 76. Characteristics of Self-Actualizers (cont.) • Continued freshness of appreciation • Fellowship with humanity • Profound interpersonal relationships • Comfort with solitude • Non-hostile sense of humor • Peak experiences
  77. 77. Rogers and Conditions of Worth Emphasizes both: Conditions of worth: the conditions that others place upon us in order to receive their positive regard Unconditional positive regard : the unconditional love and acceptance of an individual by another person
  78. 78. Carl Rogers’ Self Theory • Fully Functioning Person: Lives in harmony with his/her deepest feelings and impulses • Self: Flexible and changing perception of one’s identity • Self-Image: Total subjective perception of your body and personality • Symbolization: Admitting an experience into awareness • Incongruence: Exists when there is a discrepancy between one’s experiences and self-image • Ideal Self: Idealized image of oneself (the person one would like to be)
  79. 79. Incongruence occurs when there is a mismatch between any of these three entities: the ideal self (the person you would like to be), your self- image (the person you think you are), and the true self (the person you actually are). Self-esteem suffers when there is a large difference between one’s ideal self and self-image. Anxiety and defensiveness are common when the self-image does not match the true self.
  80. 80. More Rogerian Concepts • Conditions of Worth: Internal standards of evaluation • Positive Self-Regard: Thinking of oneself as a good, lovable, worthwhile person • Organismic Valuing: Natural, undistorted, full-body reaction to an experience • Unconditional Positive Regard: Unshakable love and approval
  81. 81. Some Observations on the Humanistic Approach • This approach emphasizes the positive aspects of human growth • Critics believe it to be vague and untestable and more descriptive than explanatory
  82. 82. • (+) Makes the SELF central to our understanding of behavior • (-) Culture-bound theory (applies to the West) • (-) Is too subjective, not objective • (-) Maybe overly optimistic view of human nature (all of us are moving toward self- actualization?) Critique of Humanistic Theory
  83. 83. • Behavior is due to – Social influences (other people) – Cognitive influences (how we perceive ourselves and our social environment) Social-Cognitive Theory
  84. 84. Social-Cognitive Theory (Model) Social Influences: “My friends do well in school.” Behavior (I perform well in school) Cognitive Influences: “I know if I work hard, I can do well in school)
  85. 85. • Learned Helplessness Social-Cognitive Perspective- Learned Helplessness Bad Events Cognition: “I perceive I don’t have control” I feel helpless
  86. 86. Learning Theories and Some Key Terms • Behavioral Personality Theory: Model of personality that emphasizes learning and observable behavior • Learning Theorist: Believes that learning shapes our behavior and explains personality • Situational Determinants: External causes of our behaviors
  87. 87. Dollard and Miller’s Theory • Habit: Learned behavior pattern • Drive: Any stimulus strong enough to goad a person into action (like hunger) • Cue: Signals from the environment that guide responses • Response: Any behavior, either internal or observable; actions • Reward: Positive reinforcement
  88. 88. Social Learning Theory (Rotter) • Definition: An explanation that combines learning principles, cognition, and the effects of social relationships • Psychological Situation: How the person interprets or defines the situation • Expectancy: Anticipation that making a response will lead to reinforcement • Reinforcement Value: Subjective value attached to a particular activity or reinforcer • Social Reinforcement: Praise, attention, approval, and/or affection from others
  89. 89. Miller and Dollard’s Critical Childhood Situations • Feeding • Toilet or cleanliness training • Sex training • Learning to express anger or aggression
  90. 90. Becoming Male or Female • Identification: Feeling emotionally connected to admired adults • Imitation: Desire to act like an admired person
  91. 91. • Personal Control – a cognitive factor (in the model) – our sense of controlling our environments rather than feeling helpless Social-Cognitive Theory
  92. 92. • Internal Locus of Control – the perception that one controls one’s own fate • External Locus of Control – the perception that outside forces determine one’s fate Locus of Control
  93. 93. • Positive Psychology – scientific study of ways to foster a healthy personality and community • Key Concept: Learned Optimism – expecting positive events to occur an seeing oneself as competent. – research: optimistic people live longer/healthier lives Social-Cognitive Perspective
  94. 94. • (+) Based on solid research • (+) Takes into account both personality (especially cognition) and social situation • (-) Underemphasizes importance of traits Critique of Social-Cognitive Theory
  95. 95. Learning and Giving for Better Indonesia

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