1. What is personality? What are the Trait and Interactionalist theories? What models are there for personality? 1.1- Personality theories

2. Defining Personality We often use the term personality but what does it actually mean? No Clear definition But… “Personality is the distinctive pattern of long-lasting psychological and behavioural characteristics by which someone can be compared to others.” She has a great personality He hasn’t got a personality We have a conflict of personality He has his father’s personality She’s a real personality

3. Why study personality? Personality has been studied by many psychologists over the years and has been difficult to define. The key questions in relation to sport are:- Is there a relationship between personality and the sport you chose? Why do some people prefer team sports to individual? What do basketball players have in common with other basketball players?

4. Trait theories Trait theory was based on 3 assumptions… Tendency to behave is stable and unchanging Tendency to behave is consistent in all different situations Each person has a unique combination of dispositions Criticism Doesn’t explain why our behaviour may change in different situations Social learning theory- learn by copying others (significant others, friends etc.)

5. Interactionalist theories Interactionalist theorists built on the work by the Trait theorists They suggested that our behaviour depends upon what traits we have inherited and how these are influenced by our environment. So we can split personality up into… Traits (Internal)Environment (external) This suggests that our behaviour should be predictable in certain environments However Behaviour may be different as the environment changes

6. Hollander’s Model Psychological Core Typical responses Role related behaviours Social environment Psychological Core Inner core of beliefs, values and attitudes Fairly permanent, unlikely to change Typical responses Responses to a situation show our core Different core will lead to different responses Role-related behaviour Shows our actual responses to a certain situation Most changeable aspect of personality Behaviour will vary depending on How we feel? The situation we are in?

7. Theories of Personality Interactionalist Trait How we behave depends on both our inner core and the environment which we are put it. We inherit traits that define our personality, greater emphasis is place on the inner core. Key difference- Emphasis placed upon the effect the environment has on your chosen behaviour Federer?