FRHD 3040 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Extraversion And Introversion, Berkeley Group Holdings, Social Animal
5 Dec 2013
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Dispositional traits: aspects of personality that are consistent across different contexts and can be compared across a group along a continuum; the first level of personality most people think of (e. g. shy, talkative, authoritarian) Personal concerns: things that are important to people, their goals, and their major concerns in life. Life narrative: aspects of personality that pull everything together, the integrative aspects that give a person an identity or sense of self. Trait theories assume that little change in personality occurs across adulthood. One important principle behind most trait theories is the structure of traits; structure is the way in which traits are organized within a person. The case for stability: the five-factor model (costa & mccrae) This model is strongly grounded in cross-sectional, longitudinal, and sequential research. This model consists of five independent dimensions of personality: neuroticism, extroversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, conscientiousness. Each dimension is represented by six facets that reflect the main characteristics associated with it.
