LS235 Lecture 4: Thursday September 22st 2016
25 Oct 2016
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Personality in the unique organization of characteristics that define an individual and determine that person"s pattern of interaction with the environment. It is the relatively stable set of psychological attributes that distinguish one person from another. Personality is made up of individual differences (traits) and is relatively stable across time and situations. There is a characteristic pattern of behaviour or a disposition to feel and act in a certain way. Projective tests are when people will project their own thoughts and feelings onto ambiguous stimuli and thereby unconsciously reveal the type of person they are. Examples include the rorschach inkblot test and the thematic apperception test. More modern assessments of personality include self reports and observational techniques. We can summarize all traits down to 5 dimensions: conscientiousness, agreeableness, emotional stability/neuroticism, openness to experience, and extraversion. Extraversion is the quality of being comfortable with relationships; degree of sociability. They are status driven and have high reward sensitivity.
