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CLASSIFYING TRAITS (I) TAXONOMIES & TYPOLOGIES JUNG’S TAXONOMY 3 dimensions

CLASSIFYING TRAITS (I) TAXONOMIES & TYPOLOGIES JUNG’S TAXONOMY 3 dimensions YORK & JOHN’S TYPOLOGY. que lio !. How can we best organize & classify the thousands and thousands of existing traits ?. TAXONOMIES. 8 Groups of Basic Elements. PERSONALITY TAXONOMIES ?

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CLASSIFYING TRAITS (I) TAXONOMIES & TYPOLOGIES JUNG’S TAXONOMY 3 dimensions

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  1. CLASSIFYING TRAITS (I) TAXONOMIES & TYPOLOGIES JUNG’S TAXONOMY 3 dimensions YORK & JOHN’S TYPOLOGY

  2. que lio ! How can we best organize & classify the thousands and thousands of existing traits ?

  3. TAXONOMIES 8 Groups of Basic Elements

  4. PERSONALITY TAXONOMIES ? Can psychologists reliably identify a basic set of trait categories (dimensions) upon which all personality dispositions can be placed on or understood?

  5. YES! …….. • Jung’s 3 basic & broad trait dimensions: • Extroversion-Introversion • Thinking-Feeling • Sensing-Intuiting • ‘Big Five’

  6. JUNG’S TAXONOMY • Rationally (vs. empirically) derived • 3 basic dimensions (elements): • Extroversion-Introversion • Thinking-Feeling • Sensing-Intuiting • Both poles of each tendency exist in each of us but • one pole tends to predominate in our personality.

  7. Directionality of our psychological energy Extroversion -------------- Introversion Energy directed toward outer objective or inner subjective world

  8. …… plus 2 psychological processes: • Thinking-Feeling • Sensing-Intuiting

  9. How is information gathered (perception): ‘seeing is believing’ ‘follow your intuitions’ Sensing ----------------------- Intuition Preference for sensual perception (literal: what you see, touch, hear) vs. unconscious perception (symbolic: vibes, impressions, intuitions)

  10. How is information used (processing): ‘be objective’ ‘passion is everything’ Thinking ----------------------- Feeling Information is dealt in a logical, objective way vs. in a personal, emotionally-oriented way

  11. Managing relationships (energy) E I extroversion introversion Search behavior (acquiring information) S N sensing intuition Making decisions (using information) T F feeling thinking In summary ...

  12. MEASUREMENT OF JUNG’S DIMENSIONS? Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI; 1962) Perhaps the most widely used test in the world (particularly for personnel selection)

  13. TYPOLOGIES Mineral Types: particular combination of elements

  14. PERSONALITY TYPOLOGIES ? Can psychologists identify a manageable set of personality types (groups of people) representing unique combinations of basic traits?

  15. JUNG’S TYPOLOGY • 8 types based on all possible permutations of 3 basic traits: • Extroversion-Introversion • Thinking-Feeling • Sensing-Intuiting • 2 x 2 x 2 = 8 types (or 16 if order is considered) • Rationally-derived (vs. empirically) • Moderate empirical support from applied psychologists (but not popular among researchers)

  16. Learn from textbook about 8 types (e.g., thinking extrovert vs. thinking introvert, etc.)

  17. ‘NEW AGE’ TYPOLOGIES: • EXAMPLE:THE ENNEGRAM • Take the understanding of the East, • and the knowledge of the West ... • and then seek. • G. I. GURDJIEFF (1866-1949) • Rationally-derived (vs. empirically) • Dubious (no empirical basis whatsoever) • Other popular ‘typologies’: Chinese and Western Horoscopes

  18. YORK & JOHN’S (1992) 4 PROTO-TYPES • Empirically-derived (ie., types naturally emerged from statistical analyses of women’s self-descriptions on a wide selection of personality measures) • Individuated Conflicted • TraditionalAssured • DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TAXONOMY & TYPOLOGY ? • TAXONOMY: Looking for basic dimensions -->identify groupings of variables (traits) that share certain properties • TYPOLOGY: Looking for basic types -->identify groupings of people that share a unique combination of variables (traits)

  19. Question for the class: For most of us, it would be hard to memorize traits within each of these four types, why?

  20. Because within each type there are different kinds of traits related to sociability, intelligence, warmth, etc. It would help to know how predominant on each type are particular categories of traits … the ‘Big Five’ does exactly that!

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