PSYC 332 Lecture 5: Limits of the Big 5 Traits

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 332
• Professor: Richard Koestner

Document Summary

Lecture 5: limits of the big 5 traits. Can the big 5 system handle highly distinctive personalities: personality disorders, character virtues. What else do we need to know about a person: mcadams level 2 and 3. Jim"s traits: high on agreeableness, low neuroticism, extroverted. Michael"s traits: low on agreeableness, hyper-extroverted, neurotic, he"s not in the normal range on the big 5 traits - he may have a personality disorder. Lasting, stable maladaptive pattern of behaviour and inner experience that markedly deviates from a person"s culture and is manifested in areas such as inappropriate emotions and cognitions, lack of impulse control, and chronic deficiencies in interpersonal functioning. Recognizable by childhood or adolescence and continues throughout most of adult life. There are a lot of problems in diagnosing personality disorder. Significant, long-term impairment in work and relationships: different psychologists/psychiatrists will reach different conclusions about a person. The most common diagnosis is a diagnosis of personality disorder but being unsure of which one.