Levels of Personal Dispositions

• • Personal disposition so dominating that it cannot be hidden.
  • Most people do not have this
  • Some examples of these include quixotic, chauvinistic, narcissistic, sadistic, a Don Juan, and so forth
  • individual and are not shared with any other person

  Cardinal Dispositions
• • The 5 to 10 personal traits around which a person’s life focuses.
  • Few people have this
  • Allport described central dispositions as those that would be listed in an accurate letter of recommendation written by someone who knew the person quite well.

  Central Dispositions
• • The least characteristic and reliable personal dispositions that appear with some regularity in a person’s life.
  • Less conspicuous but far greater in number than central dispositions

  Secondary Dispositions