Lecture 5: Relevance of Personality Traits Flashcards
academic results
all traits seem to be related to academic achievement in elementary school, but only conscientiousness is later related to academic achievement
job performance
overall performance
task performance
performance on specific task
OCB (organizational citizenship behavior)
behavior that is not formally required but is beneficial to the company or members
- conscientiousness is the strongest predictor of OCB
CWB (counterproductive work behavior)
stealing from work, pretending to be ill, bullying
- conscientiousness is strongest predictor of CWB
3 main ways personality traits effect physical health
- health behaviors
- coping
- social relationships
narrative identity
internalized and evolving life story, sense of units, purpose and meaning
- in late adolescence and young adulthood
characteristic adaptations
motives, goals, values, beliefs, and interests
- in childhood
dispositional triats
temperament, big five
- from birth
Holland’s RIASEC model
- realistic (doers)
- investigative (thinkers)
- artistic (creators)
- social (helpers)
- enterprising (persuaders)
- conventional (organizers)
fundamental goals that drive out behaviour
- communion
- status
- autonomy
- achievement
communion
desire for harmonious and meaningful relationships and interactions with others
status
desire to gain power, influence and prestige
autonomy
desire to have control over what to do, when to do it and how to do it
achievement
desire to complete things in a timely, careful and efficient manner
common approach to analyzing life stories
interviews or in written form
- affective: emotional tone or valence
- motivation: goal-like orientations such as agency or communion
why do people want to change?
- improve well-being
- improve social skills
- improve work output
- social norms/expectations
personality change through intervention
clinical therapy increases emotional stability even after only 1-2 months
resource activation
gratitude journal, focusing on own strengths
personality coach (peach)
a smartphone-based personality intervention that uses a variety of interventions
self-reflection
exercise in introspection, learning from experiences, including successes and failures
psychoeducation
focusing on thoughts and feelings to realize insight
behavioral activation task
participants are given new suggestions for behaviour activation tasks every sunday
individualized implementation intentions
“if-then plans”
top-down process: clinical therapy process
focused on the processes that cause behavior, perceptions, and reactions in the first place
bottom-up process
implement intentions, daily challenges, journal of positive experiences, meditations, exercise, etc.
