PSYA02H3 Chapter 14: Chapter 14

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Dynamic organization integrated and unified whole, we have a sense of having a unified experience. organization occurs within the individual. Personality has causal impact on our behaviour knowing somebody"s personality has an explanatory power to it. 2 to world around us: allport (important in personality traits, believed that people react the same in all situations. cardinal t raits rare, but strong unifying influence on person"s behavior. (eg. hitler) central t raits less singular than cardinal (eg. honest, warm) used to distinguish from others. 3: 5 factor model (p is composed of 5 primary dimensions, the original 3 were neuro,extra(big two) and openness, neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, Conscientiousness: they are measured by the neo-p i-r (neuroticism, extraversion and. reliability: alphas from . 87 to . 92, n = 1,539. validity: self-peer r "s from . 36 to . 53, n = 250. consists of 240 items to describe a person.