PS271 Final: PS271-NOTES (5)
PS 271
PERSONALITY
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September 9, 2015
Grade Breakdown:
-3 Quizzes
-Online throughout the term
-2 Exams
Word of the Day:
-Parsimonious – psychological definition
-To be stingy with the number of dimensions that we have to describe thousands
and thousands of adjectives that describe personality
-Lumping personality traits together
Introversion vs. Extroversion:
-Studying – where?
-Extroverts like to study in busy places because they need to keep the stimulation to keep
their brain going
-Introverts, in opposition, need the quiet to keep their brain on track
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September 15, 2015
Word of the Day:
-Nomothetic – the group characteristic; how do individuals’ personalities resemble traits
-Idiographic – individualistic; how are individuals different from one another
Article on Female Pilots:
-Assessed what the article is teaching us
-We do not need to know details such as significance, effect size, sample size, etc.
-Just know what the article is about, how it is the same to other data and how it differs
from similar issues
William Cattell:
-Factor analysis
-“Given all the responses, there are 16 personality factors derived from the
questionnaire’s data, and their counterparts”
-E.g., reserved vs. outgoing
-E.g., less intelligent vs. more intelligent
-E.g., stable, ego strength vs., emotionality/neuroticism
-E.g., humble vs. assertive
Esyneck’s Superfactor Traits:
1. Psychoticism, Extraversion, and Neuroticism
-What you are thinking and believing
2. Objectivity
3. Research evidence
4. Biological Bases of Personality – what is supported, what is not
-Found baseline differences on extraversion and introversion
The Big Five Trait Factors:
1. Neuroticism – worrying, nervous, emotional, insecure, inadequate,
hypochondriacal
2. Extraversion – sociable, active, talkative, person-oriented, optimistic, fun-loving,
affectionate
3. Openness – curious, broad interests, creative, original, imaginative, untraditional
4. Agreeableness – soft-hearted, good-natured, trusting, helpful, forgiving, gullible,
straightforward
5. Conscientiousness – self-disciplined, dutifulness, competent, deliberate,
achievement-striving
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Document Summary
To be stingy with the number of dimensions that we have to describe thousands and thousands of adjectives that describe personality. Extroverts like to study in busy places because they need to keep the stimulation to keep their brain going. Introverts, in opposition, need the quiet to keep their brain on track. Nomothetic the group characteristic; how do individuals" personalities resemble traits. Idiographic individualistic; how are individuals different from one another. We do not need to know details such as significance, effect size, sample size, etc. Just know what the article is about, how it is the same to other data and how it differs from similar issues. Given all the responses, there are 16 personality factors derived from the questionnaire"s data, and their counterparts . Esyneck"s superfactor traits: psychoticism, extraversion, and neuroticism. What you are thinking and believing: objectivity, research evidence, biological bases of personality what is supported, what is not. The five-factor model of personality research evidence:
