PSY 120 Lecture Notes - Extraversion And Introversion, Neuroticism, Conscientiousness
Document Summary
Many unscientific test of personality still exist. Objective inventories: forced choice and self report. Typically included scales on which people are asked to rate themselves. One big problem: individuals can lie depending on the person being honest. Some information is lost, for the most part they are good. Allport: evaluated personality traits based on their influence on a person"s life. Central traits: aspects of personality that reflect a characteristic way of behaving, dealing with others, and reacting to new situations. Factor analysis: often used to identify clusters of behaviors that are measured by a common underlying factor. The big five: most researchers of the centrality of five core traits in personality. Cattel was a leader in this area was six now there is five. Openness to experience versus resistance to new experience. Culture can influence the expression of traits and how they are reflected in language [even nonverbal signs]
