PSYA02H3 Lecture 3: Personality Part 2
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Attempts to describe personality as a series of traits. Trait: relatively stable disposition to behave in a and consistent way. There are infinite # of traits (it doesn"t systematically help) These are descriptive of the agreeableness factor. Big five personality traits are not correlated with each other. These traits existing in the non-clinical population. Some aspects of neuroticism are similar to mental disorders. Personality traits are relatively stable and this stability increases across lifespan. (more rigid to change when you"re older) In reality we"re not as malleable as we believe. Bigger difference between age 10- 20 vs 20-30 vs 30-40. There"s a high correlation between age and personality as early as 6. Personality changes in three main ways across life. Differential continuity: you will maintain your rank in a population on a trait throughout your entire life (the differnces between us stays the. If you"re an outgoing child as a 6-year-old, chances are you"ll be outgoing as an adult.
