PSYC 318 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Cluster B Personality Disorders, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Histrionic Personality Disorder
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The distinction between problems of degree and problems of kind is usually described in terms of dimensions instead of categories. Although no general consensus exists about what the basic personality dimensions might be, there are several contenders. One of the more widely accepted is called the five-factor model and is taken from work on normal personality. In this model, people can be rated on a series of personality dimensions, and the combination of five components describes why people are so different. Cross-cultural research establishes the universal nature of the five dimensions. Five-factor model: on each dimension, people are rated high, low, or somewhere in between. Extroversion (talkative, assertive, and active vs. silent, passive, and reserved) Agreeableness (kind, trusting, and warm vs. hostile, selfish, and mistrustful) Conscientiousness (organized, thorough, and reliable vs. careless, negligent, and unreliable) Openness to experience (imaginative, curious, and creative vs. shallow and imperceptive)
