Personality

• Personality: our characteristics and the patterns of thoughts and feelings and the way in which we interact with our environment and other people that make us unique.
• Girdano’s narrow band trait theory: there are two types of personality type a and type b.
• Type A people have strong ambition, are usually stressed, highly competitive and prone to success.
• Type B people are not actively trying to be successful, not prone to stress and not competitive.
• Eyesenk’s 4 primary personality types: extrovert, introvert, neurotic and stable.
• RAS: reticular activating system.
• Extroverts have a naturally low arousal so seek it from external stimulation.
• Introverts have naturally high levels of arousal within their brains so tend to avoid external stimulation.
• Social learning theory: our personality changes with each situation and that the environment influences our behaviour.
• Interactionist approach: we are all born with certain characteristics however these can be modified by interacting with the environment.
• Bandura created the social learning theory.
• Hollander created the interactionist approach.