Self And Personality — Psychology STD 12 Humanities — Question
CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 HumanitiesPsychologySelf And Personality4 Marks
Question
Differentiate between trait and type approaches to personality.
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Answer
Trait Approach focuses on:
specific psychological attributes along which individuals tend to differ in consistent and stable ways. e.g. a person may be shy etc.
can be explained by anyone Trait Theory e.g. Allport, Cattell, etc.
Type Approach attempts to comprehend human personality by examining certain broad patterns In the observed behavioural characteristics of individuals.
Each behavioural pattern refers to one type in which individuals are placed in terms of similarity of their behavioural characteristics with that pattern. These are broad categories.
can be explained by any Type Theory e.g. Tridosha or Sheldon etc.
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