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Mind Map by Sarah Albrecht, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Sarah Albrecht
over 11 years ago
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Gordon Allport
- Trait theorist
- Began developing his theory by
going through a dictionary and
noting every term he found that
described a personality trait
- After compiling several different
traits, he organised them into
three different catagories 1)
Cardinal traits, 2) Central traits,
3) Secondary traits
- Cardinal traits - A trait
that dominates an
individual's entire
personallity. Cardinal
traits are thought to be
quite rare)
- Central traits - Common traits that
make up our personality. Traits such
as kindness, honesty and friendliness
- Secondary traits - Traits
that are only present
under certain
conditions/situations.
Example: Getting
nervous before a speech.
- Cardinal traits - A trait
that dominates an
individual's entire
personallity. Cardinal
traits are thought to be
quite rare)
- After compiling several different
traits, he organised them into
three different catagories 1)
Cardinal traits, 2) Central traits,
3) Secondary traits
- After meeting Feud, Allport wrote
that psychologists should
give full recognition to
clear motives before
looking into the
unconscious
- Began developing his theory by
going through a dictionary and
noting every term he found that
described a personality trait
- Believed that every
person has a small
number of specific traits
that predominate his or
hers personality
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