PSYC 1200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Big Five Personality Traits, Dark Triad, Nomothetic

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1200
• Professor: Launa C. Leboe-Mcgowan

Document Summary

Personality-characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling and behaving that is unique to each individual and remains consistent. Idiographic approach-creating detailed descriptions of a specific perso(cid:374)"s unique personality characteristics. Nomothetic approach-examine personality in large groups of people, with the aim of making generalizations about personality structure. Personality trait- describes a perso(cid:374)"s habitual patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving. The barnum effect- (cid:862)there"s a su(cid:272)ker (cid:271)or(cid:374) ever(cid:455) (cid:373)i(cid:374)ute(cid:863) Cattell- list of key personality traits to 16. Mccrae and costa-created the 5-factor model, a trait based theory of personality based on the finding that personality can be described using 5 major dimensions. The dark triad-machiavellianism (manipulative users), psychopathy (thrill of conflict), and narcissism (full of themselves) State-temporary physical or psychological engagement that influences behaviour. Reciprocal determinism-behaviour, internal personal factors, and external situational factors interact to determine one another, and that our personalities are based on interactions among these three aspects.