PSY230H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Conscientiousness, Lewis Terman, Extraversion And Introversion
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Personality traits exist, can be measured with moderate validity by self-ratings or informant ratings, useful to describe and measure personality with five dimensions, highly stable over long periods of time and predicts many different behaviour. Depending on your personality, some future events are more likely than others. Using study with smoking, bmi and gender as predictors of longevity. Bmi: ratio of weight to height and is computed as kg/m2 (18. 5-24. 9 normal, 25-29. 9 overweight, and >30 obese) Study shows how researchers study longevity and shows method yields meaningful results: healthy lifestyle associated with greater longevity. Howard freedman- analyzed data of large longitudinal study which started in 1920s by lewis terman. One predictor of longevity was consciousness as measured by parents" ratings of their children"s personality in childhood and self ratings during early adulthood. Freedman concluded that conscientiousness causes longevity (indirectly)
