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Theories Of Personality: McCrae and Costa

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This deck covers key concepts from McCrae and Costa's theories of personality, focusing on the five-factor model and core components of personality.

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5 factors (OCEAN)

openness to experience; conscientiousness; extraversion; agreeableness; neuroticism
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Definition
5 factors (OCEAN)
openness to experience; conscientiousness; extraversion; agreeableness; neuroticism
one of the strongest personality trait together with extraversion
neuroticism
Can be interpreted either cross-sectionally (given-point in time) or longitudinally (lifetime)
Core components of personality
Universal raw material of personality capacities and dispositions that are generally inferred rather than observed
basic tendencies
Acquired personality structures that develop as people adapt to their environment
Characteristic adaptations
Consists of knowledge, views and evaluations of self
self-concept
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Theories Of Personality: McCrae and Costa
TermDefinition
5 factors (OCEAN)
openness to experience; conscientiousness; extraversion; agreeableness; neuroticism
one of the strongest personality trait together with extraversion
neuroticism
Can be interpreted either cross-sectionally (given-point in time) or longitudinally (lifetime)
Core components of personality
Universal raw material of personality capacities and dispositions that are generally inferred rather than observed
basic tendencies
Acquired personality structures that develop as people adapt to their environment
Characteristic adaptations
Consists of knowledge, views and evaluations of self
self-concept
2 components in predicting behavior
core components and peripheral components
core components
basic tendencies; characteristic adaptations; self-concept
peripheral components
biological bases (genes); objective biography (everything a person does, thinks, feels); external influences (influence of social situation to personality)