PSYC 2600 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4-6: Factor Analysis, Extraversion And Introversion, Neuroticism
25 Mar 2015
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The dispositional domain concerns those aspects of personality that are stable over time, relatively consistent in situations, and make people different from each other. Major questions asked by psychologists working in the. Dispositional domain: how many personality traits exist, what is the best taxonomy or classification system for traits, how can we best discover and measure these traits, how do personality traits develop, how do traits interact with situations to produce behaviors, traits are seen as the building blocks of personality, personality is built out of a set of common traits. 5 fundamental traits: extraversion, neuroticism, agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness to experience, trait levels can stay the same over long periods, yet the behaviors expressing those traits as the person ages, e. g. The act frequency formulation of traits- an illustration of the. Identification of the most important traits: lexical approach, statistical approach, theoretical approach.
