PSY313H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, Extraversion And Introversion
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Mcadams describes three parallel levels of personailty structure and function: dispositional traits: are aspect of personality that are consistent across different context and can be compared across a group along a continuum. It includes descriptors such as shy, talkative and authoritarian: personal concerns: consist of things that are important to people, their goals and their major concerns in life. The creation of an identity is the goal of this level. Five factor model consist of five independent dimensions of personality: neuroticism, extroverision, openness to experience, agreeableness and conscientiousness. Do things excess, overeating and over spending more likely to smoke and do drugs: vulnerability is lowered ability to deal effectively with stress. Tend to panic in a crisis or emergency and to be highly dependent on other to help those high in neuroticism is high with the 6 facets high neuroticism tend to be violent and negative emotions.
