PSY 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Big Five Personality Traits, Machiavellianism, Neuroticism

• School: Ohio University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1010
• Professor: Michael Grant

Document Summary

Am not interest in abstract idea (o) Do not have a good imagination (o) Unlikely: to miss class, to forget traits. Get chores done right away (o) (o) (o) Talk to a lot of different people at parties (o) Not i(cid:374)terested i(cid:374) other people"s feeli(cid:374)gs (o) Am not really interested in others (o) Advantages: capitalize on self-knowledge, simple, easy, cost-effective. Disadvantages: high stakes taking, self-enhancement bias, reference group effect. Ask someone who knows the individual to describe their personality: parents, teachers, friends, roommates, parents, spouses, children, bosses. If asked to describe or interpret ambiguous stimuli, their responseses -- Study of how people are influenced by the real or imagined presence of others. The (cid:373)e(cid:374)tal pro(cid:272)esses asso(cid:272)iated (cid:449)ith people"s per(cid:272)eptio(cid:374)s of a(cid:374)d rea(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s to other people. Attribution: explaining behaviour, u(cid:374)dersta(cid:374)di(cid:374)g so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e"s (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iour, predi(cid:272)ti(cid:374)g so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e"s future (cid:271)eha(cid:448)ior, controlling situation if they happen again. Ex: why julian has a copy of girls gone wild: ohio university edition.