Classification of Emotions — According to psychologists, humans are born with certain emotions at birth. The complications of these emotions are increased with age. The emotions acquired at birth are referred to by psychologists as basic emotions. Now the question is what are the basic emotions? What is their numbers? It is noticed that there …
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Characteristics of Human Emotions – Emotion has its some own characteristics that set it apart from other mental states. Those Characteristics are- 1) Stimulant dependence – To creates every emotion required any one stimulus. That is, emotion is created depending on the stimulus. This stimulus may be an external object, or may come from the …
Introduction – Emotion is a complex topic in psychology. One of the determinants of human behavior is his emotion. A complete discussion of human behavior is not possible without discussing about it. It is that special inner feeling of the human mind that creates a special kind of reaction in the mind with the present …
Instincts – Instinct is an important topic of discussion in Psychology as well as Educational Psychology. The British psychologist William MacDougall is specially remembered during discussing about instincts. MacDougall mentioned instincts during studying human social behavior. According to him, every human being is born with several biological mental tendencies. These biological mental tendencies are the …
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Projective Techniques – Personality Assessment Method: Personality measurement techniques like Observation Techniques, Situation Tests, Autobiography, Questionnaire, Personality Inventory, Interview, Biographies, Case History, Rating Scales and Sociometric Techniques are mainly used to evaluate overt of conscious behavior of an individual. But covert or unconscious behavior is more significant than overt behaviors for personality measurement of an …
Personality Assessment Method – Self Report:- Self-report is a process of personality measurement where the individual is requested to speak about himself. Under this process of personality measurement, some personality measurement techniques are – Questionnaire, Personality inventory, Interview etc. 1) Questionnaire: One of best Personality Assessment Method under Self Report is Questionnaire. Generally, the word …
Measurement of Personality:- After many research it is known that no child is born with zero personality. Every child is born with some degrees of personality. But how can I measure this personality? There are many methods or processes or techniques used to measure personality. The commonly used measurement techniques may be classified as follows— …
Eysencks Theory of Personality:- Eysencks theory of personality tries to synthesize the types and trait approaches of personality. While Cattell has tried to use the factor analysis technique to give some basic dimensions to personality by 16 basic traits, H.J. Eysenck, a famous German-born British psychologist, went a step further in the adopting factor analysis …
Cattell Theory of Personality:- The most recent advanced theory on personality based on the trait approach has been developed by Cattell (1973), a British-born American researcher. According to Cattel, traits are divided in four types. They are as follows – I) Common Traits – The traits found widely distributed in general population like honesty, aggression …
Trait theories in Psychology: Traits theories of Personality: There are two theories of personality as best examples of the trait approach. They are – 1) Allport’s theory of personality on trait approach and 2) Cattell’s theory of personality on trait approach. Allport’s theory of personality on trait approach: Gordon. G. Allport was one of modern …
