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Personality

Personality. What Makes you “YOU”?. Personality. Refers to an individuals’ unique constellation of consistent traits Personality Traits Durable disposition to think, feel, behave in a particular way across situations. Central Concepts of Personality. Consistency

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Personality

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  1. Personality What Makes you “YOU”?

  2. Personality • Refers to an individuals’ unique constellation of consistent traits • Personality Traits Durable disposition to think, feel, behave in a particular way across situations

  3. Central Concepts of Personality • Consistency Individuals’ tendency to think, feel, behave in a particular way across situations • Distinctiveness Refers to consistent differences in individuals’ thoughts, feelings, behavior

  4. Humors to Temperament Humors • Blood = Cheerful • Yellow Bile = Fiery • Black Bile = Sad • Phlegm = Slow • Two Themes: • Biological Basis • Emotionally Based

  5. Temperament • Characteristics, moods, activity level, & emotional reactivity in children

  6. Temperament (Jerome Kagan) Inhibited Shy, fearful of unfamiliar Uninhibited Little negative reaction to unfamiliar or novel stimuli

  7. Temperament to Personality? Negative Positive Inhibited Uninhibited TIME ? ?

  8. Factor Analysis Assertive Extraversion Positive Emotions Active/Energetic Trustworthy Agreeableness Modest Compliant (Not Stubborn) Competent Self-disciplined Conscientiousness Achievement Striving

  9. The Big Five (McCrae & Costa, 1987, 1997, 1999) OPENNESS CONSCIENTIOUSNESS Extraversion AGREEABLENESS NEUROTICISM

  10. The Big Five • Openness • Creative, imaginative, abstract, curious, deep thinkers

  11. The Big Five • Conscientiousness • Thorough, dependable, reliable, hardworking, efficient

  12. The Big Five • Extraversion • Talkative, energetic, enthusiastic, assertive, outgoing, sociable

  13. The Big Five • Agreeableness • Helpful, selfless, sympathetic, kind, trusting, cooperative

  14. The Big Five • Neuroticism • Anxious, upset, worried, self-conscious, moody

  15. Criticism Of Big Trait Theories • Static Snapshot of Personality • Oversimplified Version of Complex Nature • Identify Traits Not Source

  16. Temperament to Personality? Negative Positive Inhibited Uninhibited TIME NEUROTICSIM EXTROVERTED

  17. Uninhibited EXTROVERTED LIVELY ACTIVE ASSERTIVE SOCIABLE

  18. Inhibited NEUROTICISM UNSTABLE MOODY FEARFUL TENSE

  19. Source of Traits? Taken from Deyoung et al (2010). Testing predictions from personality neuroscience: Brain structure and the Big Five. Psychological Science, 21, 820-228.

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