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Personality Psychology Chapter 3
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What is a trait
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Depends on your view of traits
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WHAT ARE THE TWO VIEWS OF TRAITS
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1. TRAITS AS INTERNAL PROPERTIES
2. TRAITS AS DESCRIPTIONS
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WHAT ARE TRAITS AS INTERNAL PROPERTIES
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TRAITS ARE DRIVES, DESIRES, AND NEEDS THAT INFLUENCE
EXTERNAL BEHAVIOR
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ARE ALL INTERNAL TRAITS ACTIVE AT ONE TIME
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NO; SOME CAN LIE DORMANT
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WHAT ARE TRAITS AS DESCRIPTIONS
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TRAITS ARE DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARIES OF ATTRIBUTES OF PEOPLE
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Do traits as descriptions make assumptions about internality
or causality?
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No
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Act Frequency Formulation
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the approach that traits are categories of acts
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What is a trait in the act frequency formulation
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a trait is a descriptive summary of the general trend in a
person's behavior
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What does this trend consist of
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a person performing a large number of acts within a category
relative to other persons
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Example of Act Frequency Formulation: Dominance
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If a person is dominant; they more prone to certain acts:
issues orders, assigns roles
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The act frequency approach involves what three
elements/steps
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1. Act Nomination
2. Protoypicality Judgment
3. Recording of act Performance
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Act Nomination
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the procedure designed to identify which acts belong in
which trait categories
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Protoypicality Judgment
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Identifying which acts are most central to each trait of
categories
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Recording of Act Performance
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securing information on the actual performance of
individuals
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