PSYB30H3 Chapter Notes -Filial Piety, Trait Theory, Intellectual Freedom
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If adjectives that describe physical characteristics, demographics, unusual behaviours (evil, cruel), and other adjectives not typically used to describe personality are eliminated, there are 10 possible candidates for more factor clusters: Cattel identified traits likes memory, mathematical, ability, intelligence. Other studies find that adjectives like intelligent and knowledgeable are more likely to fall under conscientiousness. When people rate themselves on intelligence", they are generally thinking of things like rational" and logical" etc. It looks like being seen as hardworking, motivated, etc. means that people assume that someone else is high on iq but they may not be. There is evidence that people perceive and deal with the world differently = emotional intelligence. Especially personality psychology still there seems to be correlations between religiosity and agreeableness, Conscientiousness and sometimes openness/extraversion (depending on the religion). Spiritual transcendence: ability of individuals" to stand outside of their immediate sense of time and place to view life from a larger, more objective perspective".
