PSY100Y5 Chapter 12: Personality: Theory, Research, and Assessment
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Assessment: stability in a person"s behavior over time and across situations, behavioral differences among people reacting to the same situation. Personality: individual"s unique constellation of consistent behavioral traits. Personality trait: to behave a particular way in a variety of situations. Factor analysis: correlations among many variables that are analyzed to identify closely related clusters of variables. Cattell: individual"s personality described by measuring 16 traits. A simpler five-factor model is created by mccrae and costa, also called the. Big five : extraversion: high scores=outgoing, sociable, upbeat, friendly, assertive, and gregarious. Positive emotionality, positive outlook on life, motivated in social contact, intimacy, and interdependence: neuroticism: high scores= anxious, hostile, self-conscious, insecure, vulnerable. Overreact to stress, impulsiveness and emotional instability: openness to experience: curiosity, flexibility, vivid fantasy, imaginative, artistic sensitivity, unconventional attitudes. Tolerant of ambiguity and have less need in openness and closure on issues. Openness fosters liberalism, less prejudice against minorities: agreeableness: sympathetic, trusting, cooperative, straightforward.
