Trait Theory of Personality

What are the Big Five personality traits?

• The Big Five personality traits are honesty, humor, ambition, empathy, and impulsiveness.

• The Big Five personality traits are kindness, intelligence, shyness, arrogance, and laziness.

• The Big Five personality traits are openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.

• The Big Five personality traits are introversion, creativity, friendliness, confidence, and anxiety.

Who gave the trait theory with cardinal, central and secondary traits?

• Cattel Allport

• Sigmund Allport

• Garden Allport

• Gordan Allport

What are the cardinal traits according to Gordon Allport's theory?

• Indifferent traits that do not affect a person's personality

• Passive traits that are easily influenced by others

• Rare and Dominant traits that influence a person's behavior and personality.

• Submissive traits that have no impact on a person's behavior

Central traits in Gordon Allport's theory

• have no impact on a person's behavior or personality

• are only evident in specific situations and not across different contexts

• are the core characteristics of an individual that are consistent and pervasive across different situations. They play a significant role in shaping a person's behavior and personality.

• are temporary and changeable characteristics of an individual

How do psychologists measure the Big Five personality traits?

• Self-report questionnaires and observer ratings

• Blood tests and genetic analysis

• Horoscope readings and astrology charts

• Magic spells and incantations

Discuss the impact of culture on the development of personality traits.

• Culture has a significant impact on the development of personality traits as it shapes the way individuals think, behave, and interact with others.

• Culture has no impact on the development of personality traits

• Personality traits are genetic and not influenced by culture

• Culture only affects superficial behaviors, not personality traits

Cattell’s Personality Model has how may Factors

• 15 Factor

• 16 Factor

• 3 Factor

• 5 Factor

Eysenck’s had 3 Dimensions of Personality

• True

• False

A trait is a personality characteristic that meets the following criteria:

• it must be permanent and same for all

• it must be consistent, stable, and vary from person to person

• should changes everyday

• must be mysterious and difficult to observe.

The Big Five Theory is also know as the OCEAN theory.

• True

• False