PSY 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Extraversion And Introversion, Neuroticism, Conscientiousness
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Personality: one"s characteristic way of thinking feeling and behaving. The big 5: openness: being curious, intellectual, creative, new ideas, etc, conscientiousness: being organized, systematic, punctual, etc, extroversion: being outgoing, agreeableness: being affable, tolerant, sensitive, etc, neuroticism: being anxious, irritable, etc. People who score high n respond to negative event with more frequent & intensely negative emotion. Play a stronger role than shared environmental influences on n. Stability increases over time: especially after age 30, even more after 50, are fairly heritable, estimate . 42-. 57 genes ex. Higher o more artistic which could end up in a career change.
