ANTA01H3 Lecture Notes - Shyness, Shy Child, Environmental Factor
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Personality each of us have a distinct personality that shows our characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting. Hans eysenck believed there two be two dimensions to personality: if a person is more extroverted or introverted extroversion: directing one"s interests outward (especially toward social contacts) introversion: directing one"s interests inward a person"s neuroticism stable. Psychologists organized personality traits into the big five factors of personality the big five have grouped personality traits, and they are: Openness imaginative/independent (not practical/conforming) conscientiousness organized/careful (not disorganized and careless) extroversion outgoing/energetic (not shy and reserved) agreeable friendly/helpful (not cold and unkind) Predicting aspects of someone"s personality is complex there is no definitive tool to predict personality. Psychologists typically use factor analysis subjects respond to a series of questions to ask how they would react in scenarios the psychologist looks at patterns that form from the answers to predict their personality and behaviour.