In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Introduction to Trait Theories of Personality 2. The Search for Basic Traits- Initial Efforts by Allport and Cattell 3. The "Big Five" Factors- The Basic Dimensions of Personality? 4. Trait Theories- An Evaluation. Introduction to Trait Theories of Personality: When we describe other persons, we often do so in terms of specific [...]
In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Introduction to Humanistic Theories of Personality 2. Rogers's Self Theory- Becoming a Fully Functioning Person 3. Maslow and the Study of Self-Actualizing People 4. Research Related to Humanistic Theories- Studying the Self-Concept 5. Humanistic Theories- An Evaluation. Contents: Introduction to Humanistic Theories of Personality Rogers's Self Theory- Becoming a Fully Functioning Person [...]
Piaget's theory of cognitive development is a stage theory, a type of theory suggesting that all human beings move through an orderly and predictable series of changes. We'll have reason to examine other stage theories in our discussions of adult development and personality. Currently, however, many psychologists question the ideas, basic to such theories, that (1) all human beings move [...]