PSYA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12.1: Big Five Personality Traits, Bertram Forer, Barnum Effect
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16, thereby simplifying and standardizing the number of dimensions psychologists needed to describe the composition of personality. Five years later, mccrae and costa created the five factor model (ffm). They are more open to new experiences, being curious and appreciative of art and unusual ideas, and often holding beliefs that may be considered unconventional. High os are also likely to think more abstractly and to be more sensitively aware of their emotions. In contrast, individuals low in openness (low os) are the defenders of the system, preferring the conventional, the tried and true, avoiding the unknown and finding security in the known. They prefer things that are tangible rather than symbolic, priding themselves on being practical, and prefer things to be more straightforward and generally dislike subtlety and complexity. They approach new information defensively and prefer to learn about things they already believe in, paying less attention to information that challenges their perspective.
