Personality & Traits Flashcards
define dispositional traits
relatively stable dimensions (across time and situations) of personality
define personality psychology
scientific study of differences in feelings, actions, thoughts btw individuals.
the new big 5
framework for how to view individuals
- evolution and human nature
- dispositional traits
- characteristic adaptations
- life narratives and identity
- culture
evolution and human nature
part of new big 5
view people in terms of evolutionarily developed biological background.
view based on similarity to all others
dispositional trats
new big 5
refer to general pattern of how person acts over time
based in similarity to some others.
psychology of a stranger
get sense of general pattern of traits in individual.
characteristic adaptations
new big 5
nuances view of individual differences,
similarity to some others
won’t come up in most situations, attitudes towards system, political standing etc.
characteristic adaptations -answers who am I?
new big 5
more predictive of behaviours in specific situation. related to motivations and demands. interacts with traits
life narratives
new big 5
relates to life stories and constructed meaning in life
based on unique from all others.
culture
shared experiences and meanings influence how we act.
shared with some.
culture interacts with all other principles
sources of personality data
self report observer-report behaviour lie outcome data test data *important to triangulate data sources
traits seen as..
inward experiences & overt behaviours
gordon allport proposed 3 types of traits
cardinal trait: dominates and shapes person’s behaviour
central trait: general characteristic found to some degree in everyone
secondary trait: related to preferences or attitudes
raymon cattell, factor analysis
found 16 trait words to describe personality. tended to find across culture.
the big 5
OCEAN openness/intellect contientiousness extraversion aggreeableness neuroticism
4 ways the big 5 is “basic”
- stable and predictive
- found in natural language
- found in different groups
- heritable
extraversion aspects
enthusiasm
assertiveness
aggreeableness
compassion
politeness