Personality Flashcards
(7 cards)
1
Q
What is personality?
A
The unique psychological and behavioural features of an individual
2
Q
What is the trait theory of personality?
(Eyesenck, Cattel and Girdano)
A
- theory that performer is born with their personality
- personality is determined genetically
- personality is the same on the feild of play and off
- behaviour can be predicted
- personality is stable and enduring
- does not consider effects of environmental learning
- does not accept personalities cannot be predicted
- introverted / extroverted
- stable / neurotic
3
Q
What is the social learning theory of personality?
(Bandura)
A
- personality is not innate
- learn from our expereinces
- changes according to the situation
- personality and behaviour cannot be predicted
- observe and copy behaviour and personality from significant other
- socialisation plays important part
- reinforced behavious more likely to be imitated
- more likely to copy behaviours from people who share similar characteristics
4
Q
What is the interactionist theory of personality?
(Hollander and Lewin)
A
- personality is made of traits plus the influence of what you have learned from your environmental experiences
- trait and social approaches are both deemed relevant
- predict personality and behaviour in specific situation
- performer adapts to the situation and can behave differently to what they usually do
5
Q
What is the Lewin interactionist perspective?
A
- we have a set of core beliefs (traits) that we are born with
- these determine typical behaviour
- typical behaviour varies depending on environment
- can be impacted by social learning
- B = F (P x E)
- behaviour is a function of personality traits and environment
- predict personality and behaviour in a specific situation
6
Q
What is Hollander’s model?
A
- personality can be represented by three rings
1 - innermost ring- the core
- the real you and what your true beliefs and values are
- does not change
- stable aspects of your personality, often kept hidden
- difficult to penetrate
2 - middle ring - typical responses
- how individuals usually respond
3 - outermost ring - role-related behaviour
- how an individual responds in specific situations
- might be uncharacteristic behaviou
- most unstable aspect
- does not reflect psychological core
- easiest to change
7
Q
How can interactionist perspective be used to improve performance?
A
- coach understands innate personalities and responses in specific situations and can use it to their advantage
- can predict unacceptable bvehaviour and remove player from situation
- train to cope with specific situations
- teach players to adapt to specific circumstances
- utilise personality to benifit the performace
- provide the performer with a role of responsibility
