Introduction
Lecture one consists of orientation to the course, and an overview of personality.
Lecture Slides
Lecture Slides (powerpoint in online viewer)
Homework for next Class
- Please complete this 5FM questionnaire (allow around 25 minutes)
- note: If your Matric number doesn't work, enter your email address instead.
- Go here to create a code to access your data
- (Write down the code because I can't retrieve it)
- Then go here
- enter your code to get feedback on the 30 facets (will ask for your ID and secret code)
- Copy and print out feedback table of 30 facet scores to bring to class.
- Each item scores zero to four max. Eight items per facet
- Learn the facets
- Each item scores zero to four max. Eight items per facet
- Read this article: 6 Uses of facets (Costa and McCrae, 1998)
- What behaviours differentiate hi/lo people on N,E,O,A,C?
- What (if anything) is purely influenced by just one domain?
- e.g. do hi-C people fold their underwear (and low C not), and other dimensions don't affect this?
- Try and write a new item for a facet in each domain
- What would an extrovert/introvert find hard to do/not do?
- Stable vs unstable find hard to do/not do?
- Open to experience vs happy with their current appreciation person find hard to do/not do?
References
Overview papers
- Revelle, W., Wilt, J. and Condon, D. (2011). Individual differences and differential psychology: A brief history and prospect. In ''Handbook of Individual Differences'' T. Chamorro- Premuzic, A. Furnham and S. von Stumm, Oxford, Wiley-Blackwell, 3-38. pdf
- Revelle, W., Condon, D., & Wilt, J. (2011). Methodological advances in differential psychology.pdf
- Almlund, M., Duckworth, A. L., Heckman, J. J. and Kautz, T. D. (2011). PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY AND ECONOMICS. NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES, Working Paper 16822. link. pdf
- Ashton, M. C., Lee, K. and de Vries, R. E. (2014). The HEXACO Honesty-Humility, Agreeableness, and Emotionality factors: a review of research and theory. Pers Soc Psychol Rev, 18. 139-152. doi. PMID.
Papers cited in the lecture
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