Allport's Trait Theory of Personality - Simplest Explanation Ever

This tutorial explores Gordon Allport's Trait Theory of personality, emphasizing the importance of traits as the building blocks of personality. Allport critiques psychoanalysis for focusing too much on the unconscious mind and past experiences, instead highlighting the conscious mind and present circumstances. He identifies three types of traits: cardinal, central, and secondary. Cardinal traits are rare and define a person, central traits form the foundation of personality, and secondary traits are situational. The tutorial concludes with a summary of Allport's theory.

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