PSYB30H3 Chapter 7: Personality7
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Chapter 7 using personality traits to understand. Measuring traits has two important purposes: to predict behaviour, to understand behaviour. Research that seeks to connect traits with behaviour uses four basic methods: single-trait approach. What do people like that do: many-trait approach. Researchers attack the behaviour of interest with long lists of traits intended to cover a wide range of personality. Determine which traits correlate with the specific behaviour: essential-trait approach. Extraversion, neuroticism, conscientiousness, agreeableness: typological approach openness. Stems from the doubt of whether it is really valid to compare people with each other quantitatively on the same trait dimensions. The hope is that researchers can identify groups of people who resemble each other enough, and are different enough from everybody else. Conscientiousness: surprisingly useful for many purposes, including predicting who will be productive employees. Self-monitoring: addresses fu(cid:374)da(cid:373)e(cid:374)tal issues (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)er(cid:374)i(cid:374)g the relatio(cid:374)ship (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) o(cid:374)e"s pri(cid:448)ate inner reality and the external self, presented to others.
