MGT 500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Conscientiousness, Masculinity, Collectivism

• School: Ball State University
• Department: Management
• Course: MGT 500
• Professor: Ronda Smith

Document Summary

Personality: the ways that a person reacts to and interacts with other people. Heredity: factors determined at its birth; one"s biological, physiological, and inherent psychological makeup. Personality traits: enduring characteristics that describe a person"s behavior. Meyers-briggs type indicator (mbti): a personality test that taps four characteristics and classifies individuals into one of the 16 personality types. Big five model: a personality assessment model that describes five basic personality dimensions. Conscientiousness: a personality dimension that describes a person who is responsible, dependable, persistent, and organized. Emotional stability: a personality dimension that characterizes someone as calm, self- confident, and secure. Extraversion: a personality dimension that describes someone who is sociable, gregarious, and assertive. Openness to experience: a personality dimension that characterizes someone in terms of sensitivity, imagination, and curiosity. Agreeableness: a personality dimension that describes someone who is cooperative, trusting, and good natured. Dark triad: a constellation of negative personality traits consisting of machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy.