L3 -Personality types - uniformed protective services

Understanding the key features of each theory, their strengths and weaknesses and their application to working in the uniformed protective services.
• Type A and Type B personality theory:
o Type A personality
o Type B personality.

• Trait theory:
o stable, enduring characteristics that explain behaviour
o genetic basis for personality
o behaviour can be predicted based on an individual’s traits.

• Situational theory:
o behaviour is determined by the environment or situation

o Bandura’s social learning theory:
– social modelling
– social reinforcement
– interactionist theory
– behaviour is the result of an individual’s traits and the situation.