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Personality trait

GCSE Psychology · key term

Personality trait

Definition

A relatively enduring characteristic that influences how a person typically thinks, feels and behaves.

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OCR GCSE Psychology · J203

Paper 1

Personality traits are relatively enduring characteristics affecting how people think, feel and behave. Eysenck described three dimensions: extraversion, neuroticism and psychoticism. People can score high, low or somewhere between these extremes; they are not three mutually exclusive categories.
Revise: Eysenck’s Criminal Personality Theory and Its Biological Basis

OCR Psychology past papers

Exam tips

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Describe Eysenck’s biological explanations as proposals, not proof that a personality trait inevitably causes crime.

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Personality trait — OCR GCSE Psychology Definition

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