PSYC 1030H Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Big Five Personality Traits, Factor Analysis, Conscientiousness

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1030H
• Professor: Teresa L.De Cicco

Document Summary

Psych 1030 chapter 12: personality: theory, research, assessment. Personality: used to explain the stability in a person"s behaviour over time to the same situation (cid:523)distinctiveness(cid:524). Personality trait: durable disposition to behave in a particular way in a and across situations and the behavioural differences among people reacting unique constellation of consistent behavioural traits. variety of situations. Factor analysis: correlations among many variables are analyzed to identify closely related clusters of variables. If correlations are high, assumed that a single factor is influencing al of them. Factor analysis is used to identify hidden factors. Theories include all freudian and neo-freudian theories with a focus on.