CJ ST 484 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Conscientiousness, Psychoticism, Extraversion And Introversion
10 Jan 2018
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Neuroticism refers to the chronic level of emotional adjustment and instability. It includes facet scales for anxiety, angry hostility, depression, self-consciousness, impulsiveness, and vulnerability. Persons who are high scoring on neuroticism are prone to psychological distress. Extraversion refers to the quantity and intensity of preferred interpersonal interactions, activity level, need for stimulation, and capacity for joy. High scorers are known as extraverts whereas low scorers are known as introverts. It includes facet scales for warmth, gregariousness, assertiveness, activity, excitement seeking, and positive emotions. Openness to experience involves the appreciation and seeking of experiences. Open individuals are characterized as curious, imaginative, willing to have novel experiences, and open to varied emotional experiences. Closed individuals are characterized as conventional, conservative, dogmatic, rigid, and behaviorally set in their ways. It includes facet scales for fantasy, aesthetics, feelings, actions, ideas, and values. Agreeableness refers to the kinds of interactions a person has along a continuum from compassion to antagonism.
