PS101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Twin, Twin Study, David Buss
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Personality is used as a way of predicting what someone will do-to predict their behaviour. Dominated by grand theories that attempt to explain a great many facets of behaviour. Personality- an individual"s unique constellation of consistent behavioural traits. Distinctiveness is central to the concept of personality; it is used to explain why not everyone acts the same way in similar situations. Personality trait-a durable disposition to behave in a particular way in a variety of situations. Adjectives such as impulsive, suspicious, & moody describe dispositions that represent personality traits. Factor analysis-correlations among many variables are analyzed to identify closely related clusters of variables. Designed by mccrae & costa, idea that personality traits are derived from just 5 higher-order traits. Openness to experience; curiosity, imaginativeness, vivid fantasy. The big 5 model has been supported in many studies; these five traits have been characterized as the. Longitude & latitude" along which personality should be mapped.
