“Personality is something and does something … it is what lies behind specific acts and within the individual”
Dynamic
Psychophysical
Determinant of behaviour
Characteristic
Behaviour & Thought
Structure of Personality
Personality is stable
Consistency across diverse situations
Components of Personality
Interests & Intentions
Traits
Biological Predispositions
Traits
Common Traits Traits
Individual Traits Personal Dispositions
Traits
Common to groups of people
Stereotypes
Criteria
Frequency of type of behaviour
Range of situation for behaviour
Intensity of reaction to maintaining this behaviour
Personal Dispositions
“Generalized neuropsychic structure (peculiar to the individual), with the capacity to render many stimuli functionally equivalent, and to initiate and guide consistent (equivalent) forms of adaptive and stylistic behavior”