COMM 251 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4,9: Trait Theory, Extraversion And Introversion, Conscientiousness
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Personality structures and propensities inside a person that explain his or her characteristic patterns of thought, emotion, and behavior, personality reflects what people are like and creates their social reputation. Traits recurring trends in people"s responses to their environment. 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. Dimension of personality reflecting traits like being dependable, organized, reliable, ambitious, hardworking and persevering. Being kind, cooperative, sympathetic, helpful, courteous and warm. Being nervous, moody, emotional, insecure, jealous and unstable. Being curious, imaginative, creative, complex, refined and sophisticated. Being talkative, sociable, passionate, assertive, bold and dominant. Big five five major dimensions of personality: conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism, openness to experience and extraversion. Accomplishment striving strong desire to accomplish task-related goals as a means of expressing ones personality.
