PSYC 2101 Study Guide - Factor Analysis, Personal Unconscious, Trait Theory
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1. the stability of a person s behavior over time and across situations (consistency: the behavior differences among people reacting to the same situation (distinctiveness) Extraversion, neuroticism, openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness. We use the idea of personality to explain: Personality refers to an individual"s unique constellation of consistent behavioral traits. Personality trait is a durable disposition to behave in a particular way in a variety of situations. Number of psychologists have taken on the challenge of identifying the basic traits that form the core of personality. In factor analysis, correlations among many variables are analyzed to identify closely related clusters of variables. Used factor analysis to arrive at a simple ve-factor model of personality. Argue that a vast majority of personality traits derive from just give higher-order traits that have come to be known as the big five . Research shows that the big five traits are predictive of speci c aspects of behavior.
