PSYA02H3 Lecture : PSYA02Winter2012 Chapter 14.docx -textbook and lecture notes
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Example: a person"s tendency to frequently change jobs. Inventory revised) consists of 240 items that can potentially be used to describe the person being evaluated: the test items are brief sentences such as i really like most people i meet which is rated from. Jackson argues that the 5th factor conscientiousness is actually made of 2 factors called methodicalness (reflects planfullness and a need for orderliness) and industriousness (characterized by perseverance and achievement orientation) Heritability of personality traits: many studies have shown that many traits are strongly heritable assessed by comparing twins raised together and raised apart and comparing twins raised by biological parents, and those raised by adoptive parents. Adults who did now show inhibition as infants did not exhibit this difference. In bandura"s theory vicarious reinforcement is possible through cognition individuals can form an expecatancy based on their behaviours: expectancy: the belief that a certain consequence will follow a certain action.
