PSYCH 111 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Extraversion And Introversion
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Quality of consistency across situations lies at core of concept of personality. Distinctiveness central concept of personality; why people don"t react the same way in similar situations. Personality - refers to an individual"s unique set of consistent behavioral traits; explains: Stability in a person"s behaviour over time and across situations (consistency) Behavioural differences among people reacting to the same situation (distinctiveness) situations (ex. moody, impulsive, anxious, etc. ) Personality trait - a durable disposition to behave in a particular way in a variety of. Small number of fundamental traits determine other (more superficial) traits. Factor analysis - correlations among many variables are analyzed to identify closely related clusters of variables. If measurements of a # of variables correlate highly w one another, assumption is that a single factor influences them factor analysis identifies this hidden factor. Raymond cattell concluded that an individual"s personality can be described completely by measuring 16 traits.
