Lecture 3 Flashcards
simple structure
one item counts for one factor
circumplex structure
variables are in a circle
number of circumplexes in the HEXACO
15
distrustfulness
= low extraversion + low agreeableness
Rose of Leary
interpersonal circumplex
control & affiliation
-> interactions with others, how friendly you are
two dimensions of interpersonal relations
dominance vs submission
related to extraversion and agreeableness
least interpersonal dimensions of the HEXACO
conscienteousness and openness
low honesty-humility and emotionality
+ low emotionality = status oriented and risk taking
+ high emotionality = risk avertaing exploitation
low honesty-humility and extraversion
+ high extraversion = self-serving charisma (narcicism)
+ low extraversion = haughty withdrawal
low honesty humility and agreeableness
+ high agreeablness = sly charm
+ low agreeableness = callous exploitation
Lance Armstrong’s personality
low agreaableness
high self-esteem / extraversion
high conscienteousness
low emotionality
low honesty-humility and conscienteousness
+ high conscienteousness = calculated egoist, high status
+ low conscienteousness = impulsive immorality, prison
low honesty-humility and openness
+ high openness = artistic and intellectual pompousness (Picasso)
+ low openness = “if you’re so smart, why do you make so little money?”
chiasm
in questionnaires
e. g. are you stingy or generous, are you thrifty or wasteful?
- > one desirable, one undesirable
entitiy theory
behavior is the function of the personality
behaviorist theory
behavior is the function of a situation
incremental theory
behavior is a function of both situation and personaltiy
intrapsychic environment
memories, feelings, thoughts etc
physical environment
opportunities and threats
social environment
interpersonal relationships
situation strength
the stronger the situation the weaker the influence of personality
Asch experiment
personality differences played a role
30% didn’t conform at all
giving shocks in the Milgram experiment
high conscieteousness
high agreeableness
-> two normally high-valued traits
person situation interactions
people select environment
people evoke certain situations
people maniplulate and influence environment
HEXACO sex differences
women .5 SD higher on honesty-humility
1 SD on emotionality
sex differences in deviant behavior
men are less honest-humility and low emotionality
population changes
changes over life time
e.g. sensation seeking peek in adulthood
group changes
e.g. difference between men and women
coherence
the trait stays the same but is expressed in different behavior
rank-order stability
compared to peers in same age cohort
median test-retest correlation in Big Five
.64
peak trait stability
50 years
conscienteousness over life
increases linearily
honesty-humility over life time
lowest in early 20s
sex differences over lifetime
seize at 70
extraversion over lifetime
decreases (?)
agreeableness over lifetime
decreases
especially when getting children
openness over lifetime
increases but goes down again when elderly
