Personality

Personality

1. definition

   • According to Burger (2004) personality is consistent patterns and intrapersonal processes originating within the individual

2. measuring personality

   • self reports
   • direct observations
   • biodata
   • observer reports

3. theories of personality

   • psychoanalytical approach
   • the cognitive approach
   • the behavioural/social learning approach
   • the trait approach
   • the biological approach
   • the humanistic appraoch