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PART 3: PERSONALITY ORGANIZATIONCHAPTER 8: HOW THE PARTS FIT… How Are Personality Traits Structured? © Copyright 2006 Allyn & Bacon Mayer’s Personality: A Systems Approach The Concept of the “Big” or “Super” Trait Big/Super traits: Traits made up of smaller, finer-grained traits Example: –Neuroticism Mood swings Reactivity Anxiety

PART 3: PERSONALITY ORGANIZATIONCHAPTER 8: HOW THE PARTS FIT… How Are Personality Traits Structured? © Copyright 2006 Allyn & Bacon Mayer’s Personality: A Systems Approach The Big Five Model Purpose: to organize all traits The lexical hypothesis: All important traits are to be found in the language Factor analyze trait words to discover important traits From 30,000 to 100 words… To Five Factors

PART 3: PERSONALITY ORGANIZATIONCHAPTER 8: HOW THE PARTS FIT… How Are Personality Traits Structured? © Copyright 2006 Allyn & Bacon Mayer’s Personality: A Systems Approach The Big Five Neuroticism- Stability Anxiety Angry Hostility Self- Consciousness Extraversion- Introversion Warmth Gregariousness Assertiveness Openness- Closedness Fantasy Aesthetics Values Agreeableness- Disagreeableness Trust Altruism Modesty Conscientious- Carelessness Competence Order Self-Discipline

PART 3: PERSONALITY ORGANIZATIONCHAPTER 8: HOW THE PARTS FIT… How Are Personality Traits Structured? © Copyright 2006 Allyn & Bacon Mayer’s Personality: A Systems Approach The Big Five A wonderful model, but... –Limited to 30 or so traits –Traits based on lay perception rather than professional expertise –Excluded: Verbal intelligence, internal- external locus-of-control, emotional intelligence, Machiavellianism, etc.

PART 3: PERSONALITY ORGANIZATIONCHAPTER 8: HOW THE PARTS FIT… What Are Structural Connections to the Environment? © Copyright 2006 Allyn & Bacon Mayer’s Personality: A Systems Approach ~ end ~