PSYC 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Lexical Hypothesis, Factor Analysis, Extraversion And Introversion

• School: UBC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 102
• Professor: Toni Schmader

Document Summary

Traits: adjectives that describe consistent ways in which people think, feel or act. Internal to the person: consistent across time and context. Believed that traits: are a real cause of behavior, render stimuli functionally equivalent. If language provides a word to describe people, it must be a trait. (cid:1005)(cid:1012),(cid:1004)(cid:1004)(cid:1004) traits fro(cid:373) we(cid:271)ster"s ne(cid:449) i(cid:374)ter(cid:374)atio(cid:374)al di(cid:272)tio(cid:374)ary (cid:894)(cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1006)5(cid:895) Then use factor analysis: statistical technique to identify clusters of items that correlate with one another. The big five ocean: openness to experience, intellect, imagination, curiosity, creativity, conscientiousness, order, duty, deliberation, self-discipline, extraversion, sociability, assertiveness, activity, positive emotions, agreeableness, trust, nurturance, kindness, cooperation, neuroticism, anxiety, depression, moodiness, vulnerability to stress. Better health and happiness (longevity, coping skills, resilience) Better health (cid:894)lo(cid:374)ge(cid:448)ity, fe(cid:449)er risky (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iors, less risk for alzhei(cid:373)er"s disease (cid:894)(cid:1012)(cid:1013)% less)) Thin-slicing: we are pretty good at judging personality based on very little information. We leave cues to who we are: by our appearance. In our living spaces: on our websites.