PSYC 332 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Conscientiousness, Extraversion And Introversion, Construct Validity
9 May 2016
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Mnemonics for the big 5 traits (john, 1990) Gosling et al. , 2010 conducted a survey study of 5,000 adult: Compared dog lovers vs. cat lovers on the big 5 traits. They found significant differences on all 5 dimensions. Findings: dog owner: higher on e and a, more c (more planning involving dogs, cat owner: higher n and o. Mcadam says that we underestimate the value of agreeableness. Mistaken as someone who is accommodating, non-assertive, and suggestible but this is not actually agreeableness; it is low social dominance, low extraversion, submissiveness. 4 key features of the big 5 traits: apply to all people (universal, bipolar, use comparatively (position on the normal distribution, use in a non-conditional, decontextualized way. :(cid:862)most of the ti(cid:373)e, i(cid:374) (cid:373)ost situatio(cid:374)s, (cid:272)o(cid:373)pared to others, this perso(cid:374) is e. g. e(cid:454)tro(cid:448)erted(cid:863: many people do not like this; want to contextualize their traits (different in different situations) Review evidence for validity of big 5 traits.
