PSYCH-220 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Agreeableness, Trait Theory, Extraversion And Introversion
28 Oct 2020
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I am high on conscientiousness and agreeableness. Moderately high on openness to new experiences. In the middle for extraversion and neuroticism. Correlates with eysenck"s inventories and cattell"s 16 factors. Eysenck"s e and n virtually identical to e and n dimensions of big five. Eysenck"s p corresponds to combination of low c + low a. Costa and mccrea: big five more than descriptors. Everyone has each psychological structure (trait) in varying amounts. Psychological structures (traits) causally influence psychological development. Differences linked to the big five determined by genetic influences on neural structure and brain chemistry. The five traits are not influenced by the environment (strongest nature position possible. How to link personality structures to personality processes (costa and mccrea think it"s not their job to explain this) Claim that traits are not affected by social factors (twenge"s research showed that more recent populations have more neuroticism, so something external to the individual is affecting personality)
