To study personality scientifically, we must first be able to measure it. How do psychologists deal with this issue? As we'll soon see, in several different ways. 1. Self-Report Tests of Personality: Questionnaires and Inventories: One way of measuring personality involves asking individuals to respond to a self-report inventory or questionnaire. Such measures (sometimes known as objective tests of personality) [...]
In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Introduction to Trait Theories of Personality 2. The Search for Basic Traits- Initial Efforts by Allport and Cattell 3. The "Big Five" Factors- The Basic Dimensions of Personality? 4. Trait Theories- An Evaluation. Introduction to Trait Theories of Personality: When we describe other persons, we often do so in terms of specific [...]
In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Introduction to Humanistic Theories of Personality 2. Rogers's Self Theory- Becoming a Fully Functioning Person 3. Maslow and the Study of Self-Actualizing People 4. Research Related to Humanistic Theories- Studying the Self-Concept 5. Humanistic Theories- An Evaluation. Contents: Introduction to Humanistic Theories of Personality Rogers's Self Theory- Becoming a Fully Functioning Person [...]
