PSYB30H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Social Desirability Bias, Revised Version, Surgency
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Chapter 2 personality traits: a good theory. Gosling, ko, mannarelli, morris, 2002 when people live in an environment they leave behind behavioural residue, which provides hints to the personality of the occupant. Gosling, 2008 study where 1-6 untrained observers visited rooms of college students and rated the rooms on a 7-point scale, found a great amount of consensus, observers were often accurate in guess occupants" personalities. Traits describe a person"s typical style of thinking, feeling and acting in different situations and at different times. Although we act differently in some situations, there are commonalities and consistencies in our reactions, which are captured by the concept of traits. Temporary states, attitudes, and physical attributes are not traits. Traits are measured on a continuum (high-low) Traits are hypothetical concepts because they cannot be directly measured. Psychologists view traits as summaries of behaviour or as internal, causal properties. Two approaches to the study of personality traits.
