PSY 3303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Extraversion And Introversion, Nomothetic, Nile Rodgers
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Lecture 10 classical trait approach (february 24, 2016) Open because he"s willing to listen to new and different types of music personality. Agreeable because he collaborates with other artists: wants to evolve (carl rogers" self-actualization, he is not critical of others, he gives unknown artists a chance. Sublimation because he puts a lot of work into producing he creates a lot of music: he has drives (sexual or aggressive), and he expresses these drives through a, psychoanalytic higher cultural way (music) People judge and describe personality using objective traits (ex: funny) that are stable across time and situations. On average, the peak of openness is in university (20-something-year-olds) After 25, openness starts to decrease and reaches a plateau (but doesn"t happen to everyone) Traits are more stable than overall personality. Quantitative (statistics: personality traits are latent variables way. No, but they give you an estimate of something that is significant.