PS286 Lecture Notes - Conscientiousness, Extraversion And Introversion, Tiger Woods
Document Summary
Traits are stable across time and situations. One of the most important in the business world. Especially in team sports, you would want the athlete to score higher on conscientiousness. Same with individual sports, maybe a bit lower of a score. Most athletes to score on the positive end of conscientiousness. It doesn"t quite predict whether or not the athlete will be good or not. Emotional stability/neuroticism: high end of individual and team sports. Lower for team sports and higher for individual sports. Some promising results, but no useful application so far. Selection model: using the personality traits to select athletes, traits lead to 1. Attrition model: can predict non-athletes, certain traits lead to 1. Discontinuance: hesitation and cautiousness don"t fit what happens on the playing fields, non-athletes are born and not chosen , non-athletes drop out of games and are left-over .
