PSYC 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Hexaco Model Of Personality Structure, Gordon Allport, Authoritarian Personality
20 Oct 2017
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Personality trait- person"s habitual patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving. Gordon allport: first systematic attempt to find all the possible traits (18000) Easier to make people believe you are measuring their personality than it is to actually measure it. Barnum effect- when profile is false and not meant to describe them at all but people believe it anyways: p. t. Barnum said a sucker is born every minute: key to why personality tests of questionable validity are widely believed along with horoscopes, astrology"s, and psychics. Factor analysis- groups items that people respond to similarly: terms: friendly, warm, kind are all similar- referred to as a factor (grouped into a cluster) Trait based theory of personality based on finding that personality can be described using. 5 major dimensions: openness, high in openness- open to new things, dreamers and creatives. Views that are unconventional: low in openness- defenders of the system, more conventional. Avoid the unknown and find security in the norms.
