Chapter 8 Applications of Trait Theory

Question 1

Big Five

Answer 1

Intrait factor theory, the five major trait categories, including emotionality, activity, and socialbility factors

Question 2

Facets

Answer 2

The more specific traits (or components) that make up each of the broad Big Five factors. For example, facets of extraversion are activity level, assertiveness, excitement seeking, positive emotions, gregariousness, and warmth

Question 3

Five-factor theory

Answer 3

An emergeing consensus among trait theorists suggesting five basic factors to human personality: neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness

Question 4

Fundamental lexical hypothesis

Answer 4

The hypothesis that over time the most important individual differences in human interaction have been encoded as single terms in language

Question 5

NEO-PI-R

Answer 5

A personality questionaire designed to measure peoples standing on each of the factors of the five-factor model, as well as on facets of each factor

Question 6

OCEAN

Answer 6

The acronym for the five basic traits: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism

Question 7

Person-situation controversy

Answer 7

A controversy between psychologics who emphasize the cinsistency of behaviour across situations and those who emphasize the importance of variability of behaviour according to the paticular situation