PSYC 332 Lecture 7: Why are Siblings' Personality so Different

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 332
• Professor: Richard Koestner

Document Summary

Goal : exploring genetic versus family influences on personality. More than anything, the big five framework has gained acceptance is because there is evidence of very high levels of rank order stability on our big 5 traits. Struck by how much the same they are as before (socio-emotional behaviors are stable, and rank order doesn"t change even if we all think we"ve changed a lotbecause they have too) We all become more socially dominant as we become older. Out of the all b5 traits, openness to experience is the last one mcadams describes, beginning in chapter 4. "openness to experience refers to individual differences in the quality and breadth of a person"s thoughts, interests and values" Openness is the only trait that has more of a cognitive function rather than socio- emotional behaviors like the other traits. Associated with but not equal to iq and cognitive abilities.