Lecture 1 - Where to Start Flashcards
what are the 2 most popular personality tests
The Myers-Briggs Test
The Big Five Inventory
why is the Myers-Briggs Test totally meaningless
Not reliable– get different results most times
no face validity
why is the MB test so popular
categorical – people put into categories nicely
Positive– good results only
how was the Big Five test created
through the lexical and factor analytic process
explain the lexical and factor analytic process
18000 words in dictionary to describe people
then they were grouped into 4000 due to lots of synonyms
the narrowed down to 180 words by switching to factors analytical approach
then it was down to the last 5
what are the big 5 taxonomy
Extraversion: Neuroticism: Openness to Experience: Agreeableness: Conscientiousness:
what is Extraversion
tendency to be outgoing, sociable, and assertive.
what is Neuroticism
tendency to experience negative emotions.
what is Openness to Experience
tendency to be receptive to new ideas, approaches and experiences.
what is Agreeableness
Tendency to have concern for others, to have warm and trusting and sentiments.
what is Conscientiousness
tendency toward organization, persistence and motivation in goal-directed behavior
how to remember the big five traits?
OCEAN or CANOE
can any of the big five be broken down into even more parts
only extroversion
what parts is extroversion broken into
social vitality and social dominance
what is social vitality
positive emotions and energy
what is social dominance
confidence/assertive
Openness to experience has a positive correlation to what
intelligence and education
what is the opposite of oppenness to experience
conventional or down to earth
why is agreeableness the most poorly named big five trait
has to do with how ‘human’ you are and not if you agree with everyone around you
what big five trait has the least socially desirable name
neuroticism
what is the formal definition of traits
Dimensions of individual differences in tendencies to show consistent patterns of thoughts, feelings, and actions.
dimensions not types
tendencies not dispositions
consistencies across situations over time
who said “Like with all of the Big 5 traits we should think of E as a large factor in personality composed of many smaller facets. Extraversion is really a family of smaller related traits (such as sociability, assertiveness and excitement seeking), all sharing a resemblance to each other, but each carving out something of its own identity within the broad family constellation.”
Dan McAdams Description of the breadth of the big 5 Factors:
what are most of the seinfeld characters most notable big five trait
highly neurotic and very low on agreeableness
what are the features of the big five
Apply to all people
Bipolar
Comparative (normal distribution)
Generalized (de-contextualized, non-conditional)
DESIGNED TO BE INDEPENDENT OF EACHOTHER
what are some caveats of the big five
Natural to begin by trying to pin down our profile.
There is more nuance to the Big Five than I have described.
There is more to personality than the Big 5.
Our Big 5 profile isn’t what is most unique (or important) about us.
How can we (start to) describe an individual’s personality?
ANSWER: Learn to use the Big Five Trait System to organize your personality judgments
