PSYC 305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hexaco Model Of Personality Structure, Neuroticism, Dark Triad
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Traits are characteristic of a person and relatively enduring over time. Adjectives or nouns that describe the way some people are and aren"t. Goal is to use the models to identify the most important traits, most variance. E. g. don"t see many people in the high end of narcissism, so it"s not considered an important trait. Traits are not: states (mood states - anger, fatigue), attitudes, values, beliefs, iq, physical attributes, social categories (bully, nerd) Internal desires/needs are presumed to be causal in that they explain the behavior of the individual who possesses them. Certain traits can lie dormant within someone, but they still possess that trait even when particular behaviors aren"t expressed. Make no assumptions about internality or causality. E. g. if george is jealous, that describes his expressed behavior, but not what caused it. Used to describe the trend in one"s behavior. All traits listed & defined in the dictionary form the basis of describing differences among people.
