PSYB30H3 Lecture Notes - Meta-Analysis, Shyness, Umber
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Chapter 3: personality traits: practical matters. Each experimenter shook hands with the participant on arrival and departure, twice in all, for each participant. Participants took a version of the big five inventory, which measured their personalities on the five factors. Neurotic participants tended to have a weak handshake, whereas those who were more emotionally stable had a firmer handshake. In addition, extraverts had a firmer handshake than introverts. Others- reanalyzing the same data- take a more liberal view and identify additional factors. Cognitive abilities are not considered personality traits. However, an early personality psychologist, raymond cattell, identified ability traits such as memory, mathematical ability, and intelligence. First, the early studies of the big five defined openness as consisting of sophistication, artistic and intellectual interests, and intelligence. Psychologists in the lexical tradition thought of this factor as culture rather than. Openness to experience, as we do today.
