COMM 151 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Masculinity, Simple Math, Sub-Saharan Africa

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Commerce
• Course: COMM 151
• Professor: Matthias Spitzmuller

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Personality: the structures and propensities inside a person that explain his or her characteristic patterns of thought, emotion, and behaviour; personality reflects what people are like and creates their social reputation. Traits: re(cid:272)urri(cid:374)g tre(cid:374)ds i(cid:374) people"s respo(cid:374)ses to their e(cid:374)(cid:448)iro(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t. Cultural values: shared beliefs about desirable end states or modes of conduct in a given culture that influence the expression of traits. Ability: relatively stable capabilities of people for performing a particular range of related activities. Conscientiousness: dimension of personality-reflecting traits like being dependable, organize, reliable, ambitious, hard-working and persevering. Agreeableness: dimension of personality-reflecting traits like being kind, cooperative, sympathetic, helpful, courteous and warm. Neuroticism: dimension of personality-reflecting traits like being nervous, moody, emotional, insecure, jealous and unstable. Openness to experience: dimension of personality-reflecting traits like being curious, imaginative, creative, complex, refined and sophisticated. Extraversion: : dimension of personality-reflecting traits like being talkative, sociable, passionate, assertive, bold and dominant.