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What is one of the main topics covered in the text?
What is one of the main topics covered in the text?
- Behavioral Therapy
- Cognitive Psychology
- Psychoanalytic Theory
- Trait Approach Theory (correct)
In the context of the text, what is Factor Analysis primarily used for?
In the context of the text, what is Factor Analysis primarily used for?
- Assessing behavioral patterns
- Analyzing cognitive processes
- Exploring unconscious motivations
- Finding the structure of personality traits (correct)
What is a common challenge mentioned when describing one's personality to a stranger?
What is a common challenge mentioned when describing one's personality to a stranger?
- Lack of knowledge about oneself
- Unwillingness to share personal information
- Inability to recall past experiences
- Difficulty in conveying personality traits (correct)
What is a key focus of the Trait Approach in psychology?
What is a key focus of the Trait Approach in psychology?
According to the idiographic approach, researchers aim to:
According to the idiographic approach, researchers aim to:
What are central traits, as described by Allport?
What are central traits, as described by Allport?
In the context of personality, what does the term 'nomothetic approach' refer to?
In the context of personality, what does the term 'nomothetic approach' refer to?
What did Allport recommend as the first step in understanding a particular person's personality?
What did Allport recommend as the first step in understanding a particular person's personality?
What did Allport refer to as 'cardinal traits'?
What did Allport refer to as 'cardinal traits'?
What was Gordon Allport's view on the idiographic approach?
What was Gordon Allport's view on the idiographic approach?
What was Allport's response when faced with early resistance to his notion of personality traits?
What was Allport's response when faced with early resistance to his notion of personality traits?
How did Allport differentiate between central and secondary traits?
How did Allport differentiate between central and secondary traits?
According to Allport, what is the advantage of using the idiographic approach?
According to Allport, what is the advantage of using the idiographic approach?
What did Allport consider as a turning point in his career?
What did Allport consider as a turning point in his career?
Who is considered the first psychologist to work on traits?
Who is considered the first psychologist to work on traits?
What did Allport propose as two strategies for personality research?
What did Allport propose as two strategies for personality research?
What did trait researchers focus on?
What did trait researchers focus on?
What did Allport believe psychologists should acknowledge?
What did Allport believe psychologists should acknowledge?
What is significant about a person's trait score?
What is significant about a person's trait score?
What did Allport recognize about the trait concept?
What did Allport recognize about the trait concept?
What did early typology systems do?
What did early typology systems do?
What is a key assumption of the trait approach?
What is a key assumption of the trait approach?
What did Gordon Allport do?
What did Gordon Allport do?
What does the trait approach assume about personality development?
What does the trait approach assume about personality development?
What do trait psychologists believe about personality scores?
What do trait psychologists believe about personality scores?
What has been challenged regarding assumptions of trait stability?
What has been challenged regarding assumptions of trait stability?
What is a key difference between typology and trait approaches?
What is a key difference between typology and trait approaches?
What did early typology systems NOT have empirical support for?
What did early typology systems NOT have empirical support for?
According to the text, what do trait psychologists believe about personality development?
According to the text, what do trait psychologists believe about personality development?
What did early typology systems identify?
What did early typology systems identify?
What is a common belief among trait psychologists about personality characteristics?
What is a common belief among trait psychologists about personality characteristics?
What is an assumption that has been challenged regarding trait stability?
What is an assumption that has been challenged regarding trait stability?
What did Henry Murray's approach to personality, personology, identify as the basic elements of personality?
What did Henry Murray's approach to personality, personology, identify as the basic elements of personality?
How many psychogenic needs did Henry Murray identify in his personology approach to personality?
How many psychogenic needs did Henry Murray identify in his personology approach to personality?
What projective measure did Henry Murray develop to get at material not readily accessible to conscious thought?
What projective measure did Henry Murray develop to get at material not readily accessible to conscious thought?
Who was another pioneer of the trait approach to personality, influenced by an approach used in other sciences to find the structure of personality?
Who was another pioneer of the trait approach to personality, influenced by an approach used in other sciences to find the structure of personality?
What was one of Henry Murray's occupations during World War II?
What was one of Henry Murray's occupations during World War II?
What were the basic elements of personality according to Henry Murray's personology approach?
What were the basic elements of personality according to Henry Murray's personology approach?
What did Henry Murray describe as a 'readiness to respond in a certain way under certain given conditions'?
What did Henry Murray describe as a 'readiness to respond in a certain way under certain given conditions'?
Who had a hand in developing the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) according to the text?
Who had a hand in developing the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) according to the text?
What degree did Henry Murray earn before finding his way to psychology?
What degree did Henry Murray earn before finding his way to psychology?
What was one of Raymond Cattell's contributions to psychology?
What was one of Raymond Cattell's contributions to psychology?
What did Murray believe influenced behavior according to his theory?
What did Murray believe influenced behavior according to his theory?
Study Notes
- Henry Murray was an influential personality theorist who blended psychoanalytic and trait concepts.
- Murray's approach to personality, called personology, identified psychogenic needs as the basic elements of personality.
- He described needs as a "readiness to respond in a certain way under certain given conditions," and identified 27 psychogenic needs, including the need for Autonomy, Achievement, Dominance, and Order.
- Murray's work was influenced by his interactions with Carl Jung, and his writings contain numerous references to the unconscious.
- The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) is a projective measure designed to get at material not readily accessible to conscious thought.
- Murray believed that each person has a personal hierarchy of needs, and behavior is influenced by the situation or press.
- Raymond Cattell was another pioneer of the trait approach and borrowed an approach used in other sciences to find the structure of personality.
- Murray's background was not in psychology, but he was influenced by his interactions with Carl Jung and his paramour, Christiana Morgan, who had a hand in developing the TAT.
- Murray earned degrees in history, medicine, and biochemistry before finding his way to psychology, and struggled with a stutter which he overcame to become a successful lecturer at Harvard.
- Murray took a break from academia during World War II to work for the Office of Strategic Services.
- Murray's work was significant in the development of the trait approach to personality, which focuses on the identification of consistent patterns of thought, feeling, and behavior.
- Murray's personal hierarchy of needs theory suggests that behavior is influenced by the intensity of various needs, and that not all needs are equally important in every situation.
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Test your knowledge about important trait theorists and their research focus on predicting behavior based on trait continua. Explore the perspectives covered in the book and understand the key principles of trait research.
