PSYC 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Big Five Personality Traits, Twin, Oedipus Complex

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Doug Mc Cann

Document Summary

The concept of personality explains the consistency in people"s behaviour over time and across situations while also explaining their distinctiveness. Factor analysis can be sued to identify higher-order traits from which specific traits are derived. There is considerable debate as to how many trait dimensions are necessary to account for the variation in personality. The 5-factor model has become the dominant conception of personality structure. Big five personality traits are extraversion, neuroticism, openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness. Recent research suggests that the big 5 traits are differentially correlated with social class. The big 5 traits are predictive of imp life outcomes, such as grades, career success, and divorce. Neuroticism is associated with poorer health and elevated mortality, whereas the opposite relationships are seen for the trait of conscientiousness. Psychodynamic approaches include all of the theories derived from freud"s insights.