Personality

• Personality


  The combination of our traits/characteristics that makes us act and behave in the way that we do
• Traits


  Another term for characteristics
• Narrowband approach to personality

  • There are only two personality types: Type A and Type B
• Characteristics of Type A personality

  • Impatient
  • Intolerant
  • High levels of stress
  • Quick to lose temper, often involving scuffles and fights
• Characteristics of Type B personality

  • Relaxed
  • Very tolerant
  • Low levels of stress
  • Unlikely to get involved in conflicts
• Most people have a mix of Type A and Type B characteristics
• Trait anxiety


  Anxiety that is part of someone's personality, inherited from parents and lasting a lifetime
• State anxiety


  Anxiety brought on by a specific situation, e.g. taking a penalty
• Type A personalities


  Have high state anxiety in competitive situations
• Type B personalities


  Have low state anxiety in competitive situations
• Social learning theory (Bandura)


  • Personality can change depending on the environment and who we observe and copy
• Trait theory


  • Personality is fixed and inherited, not changeable
• Interactionist theory


  Personality is a combination of inherited traits and the environment/situations we find ourselves in
• Hollander's model


  • Personality has a core of traits, but is also influenced by typical responses, role-related behaviours, and the social environment
• POMS (Profile of Mood States)

  Questionnaire that measures 6 emotions: tension, depression, anger, vigour, fatigue, confusion
• Successful performers


  Have a POMS profile with high vigour and low negative emotions
• Less successful performers


  Have a relatively flat POMS profile across all emotions