Intro to Personality Dev

Intro to Personality Dev

1. Personality?

   • "inner psychological characteristics that determine and reflect how a person responds to his or her environment" (Kanuk & Schiffman, 2004)
     • Inner psychological characteristics : qualities, attributes, traits, factors and values.
   • Theories Def.
     • Raymond Cattell “Personality is that which permits prediction of what a person will do in a given situation. It is concerned with all the behavior of the individual, both overt and under the skin”
     • Hans Eysenck “Personality is the more or less stable and enduring organization of a person’s character, temperament, intellect and physique, which determines his unique adjustment to his environment”