PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: B. F. Skinner, Bob Altemeyer, Social Rejection

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Paula Barata

Document Summary

Personality: a characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling and behaving that is unique to each individual and remains relatively consistent over time and situations. Factor analysis: used to group items that people respond to similarly. Factor model: a trait based theory of personality based on the finding that personality can be described using five major dimensions. Hexaco model of personality: a six factor theory that generally replicates the five factors of the ffm and adds one additional factor: honesty-humility. Dark triad: refers to 3 traits - machiavellianism, psychopathy, and narcissism - that describe a person who is socially destructive, aggressive, dishonest and likely to commit harm in general. Right-wing authoritarianism: a highly problematic set of personality characteristics that involve three key tendencies: 1. obeying orders and deferring to the established authorities in society, 2. Supporting aggression against those who dissent or differ from the established social order, 3. Believing strongly in maintaining the existing social order.