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Personality Workshop - Comparative Table

Carmen Rosa Calvo Bustos Jasbleidy Romero Pérez
Lina María Barrera Castillo ID: 342977 Geraldine Avendaño ID: 496634.
Daniel Arango ID:
Minuto de Dios University Corporation
Psychology Program
Personality

Personality Workshop - Comparative Table

Define personality as the dynamic organization within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine their unique adjustments to their environment.

2. Explain 3-5 main concepts of the theory of each author

3. Explain each theory whether it is nomothetic or ideographic
4. Describe the method used by each author to measure personality
5. How would you apply the different theories of personality to the various schools of psychology?

Gordon Allport. Hans, J. Eysenck. Raymond Cattell. Theory of the Big Five.
Costa and McCrae.

Personality is organization A more or That which tells us what a The lexical approach to the
internal dynamics of systems less stable and durable of person does when it personality; the language of
psychophysical of the individual that character, temperament, intellect find yourself in a situation daily life, throughout the
determine... his behavior and the physical appearance of a person determined centuries comes to reflect
and characteristic thought what determines its unique adaptation Cattell emphasizes traits: as important dimensions of
(Allport, 1961, p. 28). the environment. The character denotes the trends, relatively the
system more or permanents, to certain Personality.
less stable and durable of the reactions that are the units (Cloninger, 2003, p. 201)
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conative behavior (will) of basic structural elements of the

a person; the personality. (Schultz & Schultz,
temperament, its system more or 2010, p. 264
less stable and durable of the
affective behavior
(emotion); the intellect, its system
more or less stable and durable
of behavior
cognitive (intelligence); the physical,
your system is more or less stable and
durable of the
body and configuration of the
neuroendocrine endowment
(Eysenck and Eysenck, 1985, p.
9).
2) *Social influence Allport mentions *Psychoticism: characterized by *Factor analysis, is the Extroversion: it has also
that the social environment makes one insensitive, inhuman, essential tool of the theories has been called domain-
significant influence on the antisocial, violent, aggressive and factor-analytical of traits, submission and "emergence" the
people also considered topics extravagant. Likewise, it it is a statistical procedure extroverted people are
specific social such as the related to different disorders that is based on the concept of friendly, lover of the
prejudice or the transmission of mental rumors, such as the propensity to correlation, it is also recognized fun, affectionate and talkative
The concept of itself, for this psychosis. Related to the as a mathematical tool they make valuable contributions
author is the main objective of the gonadal hormones. sophisticated to identify to group projects.
personality growth, is an *Extraversion: Extraverts Friendliness, called in
observation patterns
important theoretical concept in the are characterized by sociability, social adaptability occasions
related to identify the
personality and social psychology. impulsivity, disinhibition pleasantness indicates a
fundamental characteristics of the
The rasgopara Allport is the unit vitality, optimism, and sharpness of friendly personality and
primary of personality, is a ingenuity; while the personality. complacent, which avoids the
generalized neuropsychic system and introverts are calm, A common trait is that which hostility and tends to take away
focused (peculiar to the individual), passive, unsociable, attentive we all possess to some extent, nice with others. friendly
with the ability to do many reserved, reflective, pessimistic that is to say, some have them in and he is kind, values being useful,
greater measure than others. According to
functionally stimuli and calm. Eysenck thinks that indulgent and affectionate.
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equivalents and to start and guide the main difference between the Cattell these traits are Neuroticism describes a
consistent (equivalent) forms of extroverts and introverts are universal since all the people who with
adaptive and expressive behavior. They are found at the level of we have a similar potential for frequency is tormented
features develop with the cortical excitation. It is related to hand them over and we are also for negative emotions
experience over time. with cortical activation. subject to social pressures like the worry,
They change as the individual Neuroticism: People with similarities within the culture emotionally they are labile
learn new ways to adapt emotional instability shows The unique traits, or the instead of stable,
to the world. anxiety, hysteria, and obsession. With aspects of personality that difficulties with relationships
(Cloninger, 2003, p. 201) frequency tend to react from they share with few people and the commitment suffers from
emotionally exaggerated form more. They are traits that are low self-esteem
and they have difficulty returning to manifest mainly in the The righteousness, called
a normal state after the interests and attitudes. also seriousness, control of
emotional activation. In the other The term ergio impulses and will of
extreme the person is fair, comes from the Greek ergon, which describe differences in the
calm and with a high degree of it means 'work' or 'energy'. order and self-discipline of the
emotional control. Related Cattell used it to designate the people. People with righteousness
with the activation of the system concept of instinct or impulse. values cleanliness and the
limbic. The ergios are the innate source of ambition, they have greater
Heritagedetermines energy or driving force of
achievement motivation; they obtain
primarily the traits and the all behaviors, units higher averages
dimensions, but the evidence of basics that guide us to goals academics.
the research indicates that the specific. The aperture factor is
extroversion and neuroticism (Schultz & Schultz, 2010, p. 266) recognizes as culture,
they have a genetic component intellect
stronger than psychoticism. intellectuals, intelligence and in
(Schultz & Schultz, 2010) artistic, curious
imaginative, intuitive
original and of wide
interests, value the
imagination, the mindset
open and a world of
beauty. (Cloninger, 2003, p.
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3) The Theory of Gordon Allport Eysenck's is theory is Cattell's theory is nomothetic The Big Five theory is
Ideographic, for the ideographic has Nomothetic as it has or also called technique R, nomothetic, also divides into
as a purpose everything that purpose encompasses more population and also divides the population into the population in categories in
allows to differentiate one from another divide it into groups to then be categories in this case 5, the this case 5, which are:
individually without the need for categorized and compared which are: extraversion, openness, responsibility
make comparisons between groups results taking into account afabilidad, Neuroticismo, rectitud extroversion, amiability
Well, not all people present. psychometric evaluations. and opening, and also has as emotional stability
the traits in the same way. purpose of the comparison in it also aims to
groups. the comparison in groups.
4) Personalistic theory. Allport The PEN model. The approach of Factorial theory of the Theory of the 5
I thought that a good way to Eysenck is based on a model personality. The objective of the test big five
analyze the personality of a biopsychosocial, since he The 16PF personality test has as broad features of
a concrete individual consists of consider that individuals main function study and personality, also
evaluate what their values are they differ in their features due to evaluate the personality traits known as main factors,
morales. The objective of the test of genetic differences based on various factors they usually receive the following
Allport and his collaborators are environmental influences and sixteen main and five names: factor O (opening to
determine the relative weight that situational in personality, secondary or global in the the new experiences),
they have for a specific individual like family interactions last version). Such factors factor C (responsibility)
six types of values: the theoretical (developed in childhood and that all this from one end of the trait to factor E (extraversion), factor
reference to the acquisition of combined is what determines the Another. This personality test is A (agreeableness) and factor N.
knowledge in an organized manner, behavior. organized from a total of (emotional stability)
empirical logic), the economic (it Hans Eysenck identified 185 closed questions with three thus forming the acronym
is associated with the accumulation of goods three independent dimensions response options, with one of 'OCEAN'
and utilitarianism towards others), the of personality: Neuroticism the options of 'I don't know', with Opening to the
aesthetic (evaluates the perception of the (N), Extraversion (E) and some exceptions of some experience: It is characterized
beauty of reality, the satisfaction Psychoticism (P), hence questions to evaluate the for exploring people
the person is mediated by the would be named model intelligence. The application can that they enjoy learning things
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contemplation of experiences PEN. This model aims to be be individual or collective with a new and enjoy
aesthetics), the social (implies the explanatory and causal, for duration of between 40 and 45 new experiences.
generosity, altruism and those determines the biological bases of minutes. They usually get a
practices that involve the company these dimensions and confirm them The sixteen traits high score in Opening to
from others), the politician (is associated with the experimentally. the primary ones evaluated are: the experience. It includes traits
the need for power and control over The structure of Affability, Reasoning like insight and the
others) and the religious (implies the personality that proposes Stability, Dominance imagination, as well as the
spiritual beliefs that each has Eysenck explains himself through a Animation, Attention to the interest in a wide variety
person, as depending on the hierarchical model of the rules of things.
same way the person acts). (Vernon & personality in which the Sensitivity, Surveillance 2. Responsibility:
Allport, 1931, p. 1) behavior can be ordered Abstraction, Privacy, The people who have a
four distinct levels Apprehension, Openness to change high level of tenacity are reliable
(Eysenck, 1964, p. 20). Self-sufficiency, perfectionism, and resoluteness. The traits
Tension. The five dimensions include being organized,
global personality traits are: methodical and meticulous.
Extraversion, Anxiety, Toughness 3. Extraversion: The
Independence and Self-control. extroverts gain energy
(Cattell, Eber & Tatsuoka, from the interaction with the
1970, p.2 others, while the
introverts get it from
themselves. Extraversion
includes the traits of active,
talkative and assertive.
4. Kindness: You are
people are kind,
cooperative and compassionate.
People with a level
under cordiality are more
distant. The features include
being kind, affectionate and
nice.
5. Stability
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emotional: This dimension

is related to the
emotional stability of the
person and the level of
negative emotions. The
people who obtain a
low score in
emotional stability
they experience instability
emotional and emotions
negatives frequently. The
traits include bad temper and
tension.
(Plaisant, Guertault,
Courtois, Réveillère
Mendelsohn & John,
2010, p.2.

5)
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References:
Allport, G. W. (1961). Pattern and growth in personality. New York: Holt.
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Cattell, R. B., Eber, H. W., & Tatsuoka, M. M. (1970). Handbook for the sixteen personality factor questionnaire (16 PF): In clinical,
educational, industrial, and research psychology, for use with all forms of the test. Institute for Personality and Ability Testing.

Cloninger, S. (2003). Theories of Personality. Mexico: Pearson Education

Eysenck, H. J. (1964). Manual of the Eysenck personality inventory (p. 20). London: University of London Press.

Eysenck, H. J. & Eysenck, M. (1985). Personality and Individual Differences, N.Y.: Plenum Press.
History of the 'Big Five': OCEAN
of the five major factors of personality. Introduction of the French Big Five Inventory or BFI-Fr. In Annales Médico-psychologiques,
psychiatric review (Vol. 168, No. 7, pp. 481-486). Elsevier Masson.

Schultz, D., Schultz, E. (2010). Theories of Personality. Mexico City: Editors, S.A. de C.V.

A test for personal values