PSYC 307 Lecture 17 personality factor analysis how many factors underlie a particular construct? five factor model of personality primary factors of personality openness to experience -curiosity -intelligence conscientiousness -responsible -punctual -dependable extraversion -socially dominant -active -how much they like being with other people agreeableness -warm -pleasant -kind neuroticism -emotional instability -unpredictability NEO-PI-R high level of universality in 5 factor structure lexical approach in another language gregariousness - extraversion how much people like other's company? talk a lot joke a lot
self-assurance - neuroticism how assertive someone is how insensitive someone is how much people care about what others think? brave not gullible concern for other vs. egotism - agreeableness extent to which people are humble violent non-violent generous conscientiousness - conscientiousness dependable hard-working religious intellect - openness to experience how clever one is inquisitive sensible talented 2 more factors= prevalent in indigenous Filipino personality factors temperamental= emotional reactivity, hot headedness, irritability negative valence= sadistic, social deviance, crazy how to get more universality? depends on measures used emic vs. etic measures emic measures- more variability -measures created from within culture -and used to assess psychological state of people within the culture' etic measures- more universality -created in particular culture -but used in and exported to other cultures
motivation self-esteem global/overall evaluation of oneself low -nothing good about me -I'm a terrible person high -great at everything -everything about me is great independent self-construal have high self-esteem maintain high self-esteem can't accomplish anything without high self-esteem emphasize on positive traits they might have more likely to avoid thinking about how you are not the person you want to be discrepancy between actual and ideal self relation to depression show -> self-enhancement -make themselves feel and look good -makes themselves seem unique compensatory strategies downward social comparison -make yourself feel better by looking at those who are worse off than us discounting -downplaying importance of the attribute in which you are doing poorly external attributions -attribute failures to others rather than ourselves -everyone is at fault but me -nothing to do with internal disposition associated with: 1)more ambition-try more difficult things