PSYB30H3 Chapter 3: Personality psychology chapter 3.docx
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Participants took a version of the big five inventory which measured their personalities on the five factors. Results: men had firmer handshakes than women and that personality for three of the five factors was significantly correlated with this firm handshake composite (chaplin et al. , 2000). Neurotic participants tended to have a weak handshake, whereas those who were more emotionally stable had a firmer handshake. In addition, extraverts had a firmer handshake than introverts. correlation between handshake and openness for women only, such that women who had a firmer handshake were more open to experience than women with a softer handshake. Our personality is expressed in many aspects of our lives, from our way of interacting with others to the kinds of music we enjoy to the kinds of careers we choose. Some critics have claimed that the five factors are complete and can account for even these unusual traits (saucier & goldberg, 1998)
