Part 3: Structure of Personality

• Hollander’s (1971) Model of Personality - 4 Components:

  1. Psychological Core
  2. Typical Responses
  3. Role -Related Behaviours
  4. Social Environment

  
• Hollander’s (1971) Model of Personality - 1) Psychological Core:

  • Internal & consistent personality characteristics
  • INNER SELF; basic values, beliefs, identity, self-esteem
  • Most consistent key aspects
  • Hard to access & measure
  • Can measure a wee bit such as self-esteem

  
• Hollander’s (1971) Model of Personality - 2) Typical Responses:

  • Learned methods of dealing with the environment (ie. traits)
  • A valid indicator of the Psychological Core
  • Traits, are learned
  • Can be taught something & reject it → still have choice
  • A lot research measures traits
  • Traits = wheelhouse part of research that can measure consistently

  
• Hollander’s (1971) Model of Personality - 3) Role-Related Behaviours:

  • Behaviours that change in response to environmental situations
  • NOT a valid indicator of the psychological core
  • Like an actor, doesn’t mean that's who they are as a person
  • Personality that they choose to present

  
• Hollander’s (1971) Model of Personality - 3) Role-Related Behaviours:

  • Not a good measure of psych core bc/ these don’t mean who we are
  • Do stuff out of our character
  • As social influence
  • Inhabit roles (eg leader)
  • As are asked to or think they should do that
  • Are important but not indicator of personality

  
• Hollander’s (1971) Model of Personality - 4) Social Environment:

  • 1, 2, & 3 exist within and are affected by the social environment (social group, society, culture, team)
  • 1 = Psychological Core; 2 = Typical Responses; 3 = Role-Related Behaviours
  • Where learn stuff
  • How are expected to act & behave (either reject or follow)

  
• Hollander’s (1971) Model of Personality - 4 Components:

  • Dynamic/more changeable = role-related behaviours
  • Consistent = psychological core
  • Like an apple; know is core from experience (is consistent), is still there even though can’t see