Week 7 - personality

Question 1

what is the five factor model?

Answer 1

model that groups similar personality traits into groups

Openness - willing to experience new things (openness, willing)
Concientiousness - self-control, self-determined, thriving to do the best (hard working, reliable)
Extrovert - likes to socialise, go out to events, (extrovert, fun, socialiable, loud)
Agreeablness -
Neurotiscm - has self condfidence issues and greatly suffers from stress (anxtious, unconfident, stressed)

Question 2

what is the dark triad?

Answer 2

The dark triad model is a model where undisirable personalities are grouped into three broad catagories

1. psychopathy - have no remorse, dont think of others
2. nariccism - thinks that they are better than everyone else, believes that they are always right
3. machivallism: manipulative usually for personal gain, no remorse for others

Question 3

How do the traits from the dark triad relate to the five factor model?

Answer 3

1. psychopathy - higher openness, lower concientiousness, higher extrovert, lower agreeableness, lower neurotism
2. narcissim - higher extrovert, lower neurotism, lower concientiousness, lower agreeableness
3. machivallism - higher extrovert, lower neurotism, lower agreeableness,

Question 4

what are the 10 broad value catagories in Schwartz model?

Answer 4

BUTS P SHACS
Benevolence - act of kindness, doing things for others - loyalty, helpfulness, forgiveness,
Universality - equality, unite, social-justice, world at peace, enviro protection
T- tradition - keeps things same from traditional ways, follows traditional rules
S- self-achievement - improve self,

Power - hierarchy, achievement, authority,

Self direction - choosing ones owns goals, curious, independence
Hedonism - engaging in pleasure leads to greater goods - pleasure, gratification of desires, self-enduldge
Achievement - ambition, self-capability, influence on poeple and events
Conformity - doing the same as everyone else - agreeableness, obidience, houroring parents and elders
Stimulation: exciting life, challening life

Question 5

How can Schwartx model be used and be related to every day life?

Answer 5

Value categories and understanding peoples values are better predictors of political behaviours than personality traits

Question 6

Life narratives is the third component that makes up personality. What is it?

Answer 6

internal story/perception of ones self

includes stories about our past present and future

Question 7

How can Life narratives of an inidvisual be incorportated in an everyday setting?

Answer 7

used in psychotherapy

- knowing somebodies internal past, present and future stories can help repair the indivisuals problems

Question 8

what are some issues with personality psychology with regards to context dependance and self-consistancy

Answer 8

1. Context dependance: traits and values a person presents is different depending on the circumstance
   
   • In P.P interpreted that personality should predict behaviour in ALL situations
   • -» this is wrong - some extroverts might feel the need to get out/socialsie and vice versa
   • Situations are more important in predicting personality than a trait is
2. Self consistency
   
   • Judgement of personality by others is different to judgement of yourself
   • Peer peer ratings are more consistent than self-peer ratings