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