PS101 Lecture Notes - Theophrastus, Extraversion And Introversion, Agreeableness
Document Summary
Throughout time people have been intuitively aware of individual differences. Personality will predict who we get along with and who we like. Theophrastus wrote about different characters to try to describe individual differences. Distinctive and relatively enduring ways of thinking, feeling, and acting that characterize a person"s response to situation. Comes from the would persona- actors mask. Aim is not solely to describe behaviour. Specific behaviour, frequency, specific situations, under what conditions. Use standard questions and agreed upon scoring key. Concern- have to identify what are the underlying traits that describe people. Number of traits measured varies by test. Differences across people come from within the person. Cattell was first 16 traits with opposing labels- happy-go-lucky versus. Cattell gave way to more modern tests which has fewer traits. Extraversion, neuroticism, openness to experience, agreeableness, conscientiousness. Items were answered differently by differing groups-> based on responses by normal and psychiatric patients. Environment impacts on you- you respond back.
