Personality Theories of Psychology

Personality Theories of Psychology

Introduction

Personality theories deal with the psychology of a person. These theories directly apply to the psychological patterns of an individual person and their effects in an individual's life. Numerous theories have been presented in this regard. Even it has acquired the form of a discipline and personality psychologists are also participating broadly in this field with conducting researches on personality (www.thepersonalitysystem.org).

Discussion

Trait Theory of Personality

Among various theories, the trait theory of personality resembles clearly and exactly the inner and outer of a person. It was founded by Gordon Allport. He considered the uniqueness of every person in examining the personality. He had described the personality in central, cardinal and secondary traits.

Central trait: the common features almost in every person

Cardinal traits: the dominating factor of the behavior of a person

Secondary trait: rarely known characteristics in the personality of a person (likings, disliking)

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However, this trait theory has been classified as the “Big Five traits of personality”, which are; Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism and Openness to experience. These five traits do not make anyone positive or negative; they are just the characteristics of individuals. People vary in exhibiting the extent of these traits (www.psychometric-success.com).

Psychological Personality Traits of Barney

Barney Stinson (Neil Patrick Harris) is a womanizer in “how I met your mother”. In all the episodes, Barney tends to be more and more involved with women. His personality reveals the traits of intense extroversion. He is all time fun and loving in the episodes. The reason behind his attitude is that he had lost his girlfriend, with whom he was very much involved. The girlfriend had left him for a suited man. Here, Barney presents the traits of agreeableness and emotional stability as he did not go in the dark at the loss of his love; but he maintained ...