PSYB30H3 : PSYB30_lec 7.docx
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Personality trait is the first thing we notice when we meet someone. Personality traits can reliably predict life outcomes: marital success, divorce rates, health issues, happiness, mortalityhigher than other variables like ses. *personality traits represent the first level but they are good at predictability (valid) Trait: 2 meanings: a) refers to any consistency or regularity in cognition (thinking), affect (feeling) or behaviour (acting) of an individual; we are not entirely variablewe have consistencies. A conscientious person = reliable, hardworkingconsistent across a range of situations (specific attribute of a person: refers to teh variation in the population w/ respect to a given characteristic. Gordon allport = father of personality psychologyfist introduced idea of personality trait; wrote the first text book of personality psychology in 1937. Raymond cattell = introduced statistical procedure of factor analysishow to reduce the large number of trait terms to a smaller taximetrics structure.
