2. Research Es have more positive affect. Why?
Extraverts may be less responsive to punishment
Pearce-McCall & Newman (1986)
2. Extraverts may recall past differently than introverts
3. Extraverts participate in more social activities

3. Research related to individual differences in N
N is associated with complaints of poor health
High-N people report more stress
Greater # of stressors
More reactivity to stressors
More sources of stress
Different types of coping

4. Weaknesses of 5 factor model and rebuttals
Problem of circularity
Description rather than explanation
Neglects psychopathology and change
No a priori theory for 5 factors

5. Problem of Situation Mischel - criticism of trait approach
Situationism – situational variables matter more than personality in determining behavior
Interactionism – idea that personality traits and situation interact with each other to form behavior

6. Interactionism
Weak situations
Strong situations
Lab situations??

7. Interactionism cont’ People choose different environments
The same situations are different for different people.
The same situations may have different effects on different people.