PSYC 1001 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Gordon Allport, Raymond Cattell, Hans Eysenck
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Personality: complex set of psychological qualities that influence an individual"s characteristic patterns of behavior across diff situations over time. Theories of personality: try to understand the uniqueness and how this yields to behavior. Traits: enduring qualities or attributes that predispose individuals to behave consistently across situations. Traits building blocks of personality & source of individuality. Around which a person organizes his or her life. Specific personal features that help predict behavior but are less useful for understanding personality. Used allport & odbert"s list of adjectives to begin his quest to uncover the appropriate small set of basic trait dimensions. 16 factors underlie human personality: called source traits reserved v. outgoing. Psychoticism (kind & considerate v. aggressive & antisocial) Five-factor model (the big five): five basic dimensions to describe ourselves and others. Openness to experience: creative, intellectual, open-minded, simple, shallow and unintelligent. Conscientiousness: organized, responsible, cautious, careless, frivolous, irresponsible. Extraversion: talkative, energetic, assertive, quiet, reserved, shy.
