PSYC-1000 Chapter Notes -Big Five Personality Traits, Extraversion And Introversion, Neuroticism

• School: University of Winnipeg
• Department: PSYCHOLOGY
• Course: PSYC-1000
• Professor: Lara Genik

Document Summary

Figures and tables obtained from an introduction to psychological science (3rd canadian edition) Know key terminology associated w/ cultural and biological approaches. Apply knowledge to arrive at accurate conclusions about influences of biological and cultural factors on personality. Analyze claims that males and females have fundamentally different personalities. Most of psychological knowledge based on weird cultures. ~96% of psych studies done on 12% of the popn. Universals and differences across cultures: the big five. Results: all five factors reliably found in all cultures. Different cultures appear to share the same basic personality structures. Suggests that human personality runs deeper than culture. Five factor model captures important and universal dimensions of personality, but might miss important cultural-specific qualities that can only be understood by analyzing personality from that culture"s own perspective. Emphasizes socially interdependent nature of self in chinese culture. Cross cultural research shows the big 5 reliably found across all cultures. Diff adjectives to describe traits of big 5.