Personality Flashcards
1
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Define personality
A
An individual’s characteristic style of behaving, thinking and feeling
2
Q
What are projective techniques?
A
A standard series of ambiguous stimuli deigned to elicit unique responses that reveal inner aspects of an individuals behaviour
3
Q
Define trait
A
A relatively stable disposition to behave in a particular consistent way
4
Q
Define oblique factors
A
Items that correlate with each other
5
Q
Define orthogonal factors
A
Items that are uncorrelated
6
Q
What is the big 5?
A
The traits of the 5 factor model: openness to experience, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness and neuritis
