Personality theories;Type and Trait
Before describing the major modern trait and type theories of personality the following key terms must be defined; trait, type and personality. A personality trait represents a continuous dimension and can be defined as a broad, stable and enduring characteristic which is used to explain behaviour (Phares&Chaplin, 1997). A personality type is defined by Lefton, (2000 p. 708} as a "personality category in which broad collections of traits are loosely tied together and interrelated" and which people can be grouped into. Personality can be broadly defined (Myers, 1986; Pervin&John, 2001)as the enduring characteristics of an individual that describe patterns of thinking, feelings and behaviour. The major modern trait and type theories of Gordon Allport, Raymond Cattell, Hans Eysenck and the Big Five vary in their approach and methods in their attempts to understand personality, yet all share the belief that personality can be understood and individual's behaviour could be explained and described by the use of types and traits. The trait and type personality psychologists used three methods in identifying important traits and types; the lexical approach, meaning the more important a word is the more often it will appear in lang
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According Allport, Raymond Cattell, Costa McCrae, Questionnaire Carver, , Allport Odbert, Eysenck Five, Mathews Deary, Cloninger Cloninger, Psychotism Carver, source traits, liebert&spiegler 1990, goldberg 1993, monte 1999, carver 1998, pervin&john 2001, trait type, ryckman 2000, surface traits, phares 1997, 1993 phares 1997, 1997 researchers agree, phares 1997 researchers, goldberg 1993 phares, source traits source,
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