Lecture 10 Flashcards
What is a main concern for personality psychology?
To integrate the perspectives to find a ‘whole person’
What does Mayer (2005) want to see?
Personality as an “organised functional unit”
What does McAdams ‘personality triad’ include?
- Identity as a ‘life story’
- Personal concerns
- Dispositional traits
Explain McAdams’ dispositional traits
He believes that the five factor model and specific traits do not tell much about the person - they are too nomothetic
Explain McAdams’ ‘personal concerns’
Still doesn’t address who we are as an individual identity - motivational, developmental, strategic
Explain McAdams’ ‘Identity as a life story’
Through our stories we define ourselves and achieve a sense of identity - idiographic
What is a main criticism of personality theories?
Rooted in western philosophical and religious assumptions about persons - ignores cultural differences
What is another main criticism of personality theories relating to cultural differences?
Individual vs collectivist cultures (majority of the world) - traits
Describe the east-asian models of personality
Person sees themselves as part of a bigger unit - not as an individual. Goals are interpersonal.
