PSY 330 Week 5 Assignment.docx PSY 330 Personality Theory The University of Arizona Glo

PSY 330 Week 5 Assignment.docx  PSY 330  Personality Theory  The University of Arizona Global Campus  PSY 330: Theories of Personality  Personality Theory  Understanding why people behave the way they do and recognize what makes every individual unique has come to be known as the study of personality theory.  Kostromina and Grishina (2018) explain how the study of personality theory shaped the field of psychology by stating, “the structural approach, based on the delineation of a persons traits and characteristics, at one time not only played an important role in shaping the problem field of personality psychology but also made an important contribution to various branches of psychology, the design of psychological research tools, effective diagnostic techniques and procedures” (pg. 297). There have been seven major personality models that have been developed over the decades, however, for the purposes of this paper only three models, as well as one concept per model, will be discussed; behavioral model, interpersonal model, and self-psychology model.  Major Concepts  As stated, there are multiple personality theories for assessing an individuals personality and diagnosing any possible psychological disorders.  All theories either take into consideration a persons inherited traits, the environment in which they live, or a combination of both in order to understand how these variables influence their behaviors.  As researchers come to learn, developing a single theory that fully explains the developmen