PSYC 353 Lecture Notes - Social Animal, Neuroticism, Extraversion And Introversion
27 Feb 2014
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Encompasses a person"s relatively stable feelings, thoughts, and behavioural patterns. Each of us has a unique personality that differentiates us from other people and understanding someone"s personality gives us clues about how that person is likely to act and feel in a variety of situations. Neuroticism whether you"re high strung or relaxed and calm. Extraversion if you score high, you are very social, score low and you"re an introvert. Conscientiousness score high, you"re a planner who likes organization. If you score low, you are disorganized and messy: these five are not necessarily the only traits out there. There are other, more specific traits that represent other dimensions not captured by the big five. Still, understanding them gives us a good start for describing personality. Six facets: anxiety, hostility, self-consciousness often take constructive criticism very seriously, low self esteem, depression, impulsiveness tend to overdo everything eating, shopping, lack of will power, vulnerability. Has six facets in two groups: interpersonal traits.
