PPE 3003 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Conscientiousness, Factor Analysis, Pollination Syndrome
7 Jun 2017
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Basics of factor and trait theories: trait: consistent patterns in behavior, feeling, and thought, we can assume that: Traits can summarize, predict, and explain behavior. There is a direct correlation between people"s level on a trait and their related actions (if we know one thing, we know something about the other) There is a hierarchical structure to personality: responses, habits, traits, and types. The big five: ocean: openness to experience. People who prefer variety from those who have a need for closure and who gain comfort in their association with familiar things and people: conscientiousness. People who are ordered, controlled, organized, ambitious, achievement focused, and self-disciplined: extraversion. People who tend to be affectionate, jovial, talkative, joiners, and fun-loving: agreeableness. Soft-hearted people from ruthless ones: neuroticism. People who are anxious, temperamental, self-pitying, self- conscious, emotional, and vulnerable to stress-related disorders: units of the five-factor theory. Characteristic adaptations (learned or developed in interactions with environment)
