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What does the Five Factor Model study?
the components/makeup of personalities
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What is personality?
it is enduring and able to sustain itself throughout life and life stages (determines how outgoing, bubbly and inviting you are or how cold, self-centered and demeaning you are)
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What is a personality trait?
how you usually interact with others but can be temporarily altered based on your current "state" of mind (can over-shadow or overwhelm you for a short period of time)
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What are personality factors?
help make predictions of how one trait may coincide with another trait (example: outgoing goes with sociable, good humor, adaptable, and talkative)
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How do cultures relate to personality?
- the closer the cultures are to each other, the more similar their personalities
- european and american (outgoing, open and antagonistic)
- asian and african (introverted, traditional(less open to new ideas), complient)
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What are the five factors in the Five Factor Model?
- Conscientiousness
- Agreeableness
- Neuroticism
- Openness
- Extraversion
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What does research say about conscientiousness and agreeableness?
increases across adulthood for both men and women
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What is a personality state?
short term characteristic of a person (being in a mood that is temporary)
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What does research say about neuroticism?
decreases across adulthood for women
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What does research say about openness?
increases and then decreases across adulthood for both men and women
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What does research say about extraversion?
increases for both men and women but decreases for women over time
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How do men compare to women on neuroticism?
men are lower on neuroticism across the life-span compared to women who start off high and become less neurotic with age
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How do men compare to women on openness?
openness levels increase from high school to shortly after college for both men and women (men more open than women)
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How do men compare to women on extraversion?
women more extraverted than men overall
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