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What is Personality?. Personality Lab January 14, 2011. Three Levels of “Knowing Another Person” Dan McAdams. Personality Traits – psychology of the stranger. The Five Factor Model aka The Big 5. Neurotic vs. Emotionally Stable Extraversion vs. Introversion
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What is Personality? Personality Lab January 14, 2011
Three Levels of “Knowing Another Person”Dan McAdams • Personality Traits – psychology of the stranger
The Five Factor Model aka The Big 5 • Neurotic vs. Emotionally Stable • Extraversion vs. Introversion • Openness to Experience vs. Traditional • Agreeableness vs. Disagreeableness • Conscientiousness vs. Impulsive
Three Levels of “Knowing Another Person”Dan McAdams • Personality Traits – psychology of the stranger • Life Tasks – what’s happening now • Self-History – personal life story
What is Personality? • Definition according to Funder – Personality is an individual’s characteristic patterns of thought, emotion, and behavior, together with the psychological mechanisms – hidden or not – behind those patterns. • The ABCs of Personality – Affect, Behavior, Cognition, and Motivation