Personality Flashcards
Big Five Personality Traits
CANOE (Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, Neuroticism, Openness, and Extraversion)
Personality
The STRUCTURES and PROPENSITIES inside a person that explain their characteristic patterns of thought and behavior
-combination of nature and nurture
-mostly stable over time
-influence behavioral patterns across situations
Conscientiousness
desire to do a task well, and to take obligations seriously
(key feature: Accomplishment Striving ‘get ahead’)
- orderliness and industriousness
- greatest predictor of job performance (positive)
Agreeableness
individual’s propensity to defer to and get along with others
(key feature: Communion Striving ‘get along’)
- not related to job performance
Neuroticism
(key feature: Emotional Instability)
- second greatest predictor of job performance (negative)
- closely associated with negative affectivity
Openness
(key feature: Intellectualness)
- matters for creative or dynamic jobs (advertising or entrepreneurship)
Extraversion
(key feature: Status Striving ‘get influential’)
- closely associated with positive affectivity
Personality over time
mostly stable
- conscientiousness increases the most
- agreeableness increases
- neuroticism decreases
- openness increases slightly
- extraversion decreases slightly
Nature vs. Nurture
Nature: personalities are predetermined by our DNA
Nurture: personalities are determined by early childhood experiences
Best Trait Predictor of Job performance
Conscientiousness (next is neuroticism)
Best Trait Predictor of Stress
Neuroticism
Best Trait Predictor of Longevity
Conscientiousness
Best Trait Predictor of Happiness
Extraversion (next is neuroticism)
Problems with personality tests in hiring
- Are the questions really assessing personality?
- Do people respond honestly to questions?
