PSYCH 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 54: Neuroticism, Conscientiousness, Extraversion And Introversion

• School: Ohio State University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 1100
• Professor: Brian Siefke

Document Summary

Chapter 12: personality: the trait approach identifying patterns in behavior. Traits- a relatively stable disposition to behave in a particular and consistent way. A multitude of traits have been studied in psychology. There are two basic ways in which a trait might serve as an explanation. The trait may be a preexisting disposition of the person that causes the person"s behavior. It may be a motivation that guides the person"s. Factor analysis- sorts trait terms or self-descriptions into a small number of underlying dimensions, or factors, based on how people use the traits to rate themselves. Often used to identify a core set of traits. In a typical study using factor analysis, hundreds of people rate themselves on hundreds of adjectives, indicating how accurately each one describes their personality. Different factor analysis techniques have yielded different views of personality structure. Hans eysenck presented a model of personality with only two major traits.