The Big Five and Beyond - Psychology 162

These flashcards cover key vocabulary and concepts from the lecture on the Big Five personality model and related trait approaches in psychology.

Trait

Biologically based recurrent patterns of affect, cognition, and behavior.

Single Trait Approach

Focuses on the effects of one specific trait on behavior.

Self-Monitoring

The extent to which an individual adjusts their behavior according to the social environment.

Narcissism

Excessive self-love often accompanied by defensive grandiosity.

Many-Trait Approach

Assessing multiple traits simultaneously to determine correlations with specific behaviors.

Essential Trait Approach

Identifying which traits are the most important by reducing many to few.

The Big Five

A model that outlines five core dimensions of personality: Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism.

OCEAN

An acronym representing the five factors of personality: Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism.

Openness

Tendency to be open-minded, creative, and curious.

Conscientiousness

Being dutiful, careful, and rule-abiding, often comprising ambition.

Agreeableness

Tendency to be trusting, helpful, and cooperative.

Neuroticism

Tendency to experience negative emotions such as anxiety and moodiness.

Lexical Hypothesis

The idea that important aspects of human life will be labeled and that language reflects these traits.

Typological Approach

A method that categorizes individuals into distinct types based on qualitative differences in personality.

California Q-Set

A personality assessment tool using 100 phrases to capture various aspects of personality.