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What does agreeableness reflect?
What personality trait reflects a tendency to be organized and hardworking?
Conscientiousness
What do continuous distributions imply about personality traits?
What personality trait is associated with being sociable and outgoing?
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What are facets in personality psychology?
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What is factor analysis?
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What are the five traits of the Five-Factor Model?
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What is the HEXACO model?
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Two characteristics or traits are ________ from one another.
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The ___________ is the idea that important personality differences are encoded in language.
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What does neuroticism reflect?
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What does openness to experience reflect?
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What does personality refer to?
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What are personality traits?
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What is the person-situation debate about?
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Study Notes
Agreeableness
- Reflects a person's tendency to be compassionate, cooperative, warm, and caring.
- Individuals low in agreeableness are often rude, hostile, and prioritize personal interests over others’.
Conscientiousness
- Denotes a tendency to be careful, organized, hardworking, and rule-following.
- Associated with reliable and disciplined behavior.
Continuous Distributions
- Traits can vary across a spectrum from low to high, allowing for different intermediate values.
- People can exhibit varying degrees of a trait instead of simply possessing or lacking it.
Extraversion
- Characterizes individuals who are sociable, outgoing, active, and assertive.
- Often linked to higher levels of energy and enjoyment in social interactions.
Facets
- Broad personality traits can be subdivided into narrower aspects, providing more detailed insights.
- For example, extraversion includes facets like sociability, dominance, and risk-taking.
Factor Analysis
- A statistical method for grouping similar characteristics based on their associations.
- Helps to identify underlying relationships between various traits.
Five-Factor Model (Big Five)
- A widely accepted framework outlining five primary personality traits: Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism.
- Suggests these traits summarize significant variability in individuals' thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
HEXACO Model
- An alternative to the Five-Factor Model, comprising six traits.
- Five factors overlap with the Big Five, while the sixth, Honesty-Humility, is unique to this model.
Independent Traits
- Two traits can be separate, with individuals demonstrating varying levels in each.
- Even correlated traits can maintain independence, as one person can be high in one trait and low in another.
Lexical Hypothesis
- Proposes that critical differences among individuals are reflected in the language used for descriptions.
- Emphasizes analyzing descriptive language to identify significant personality traits.
Neuroticism
- Indicates a propensity towards interpersonal sensitivity and experiencing negative emotions.
- Includes feelings of anxiety, fear, sadness, and anger as key characteristics.
Openness to Experience
- Represents a person's inclination to seek out and value new experiences, thoughts, and feelings.
- Often linked to curiosity and a willingness to explore different perspectives.
Personality
- Refers to enduring predispositions exhibiting characteristic styles of thought, feelings, and behavior.
- Shapes individual identity and impacts interpersonal dynamics.
Personality Traits
- Enduring behavioral dispositions that differentiate individuals.
- These traits manifest across various situations, contributing to unique personality profiles.
Person-Situation Debate
- Historical discussion focused on the influence of personality traits versus situational factors on behavior.
- Situationist critique argues that consistency of personality traits across situations is often overestimated.
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