personality - Answers set of characteristics that distinguishes us from others and leads us to act
consistently across situations
traits - Answers stable predisposition to act or behave a certain way
trait theories - Answers systems for assessing how people differ, particularly in their predispositions to
respond in certain ways across situations
extroversion - Answers how outgoing and sociable you are
neuroticism - Answers your degree of anxiety, worry, or moodiness
psychoticism - Answers tendencies to be insensitive, uncaring, or cruel
Big Five - Answers five dimensions of personality that have been isolated through factor analysis
OCEAN
OCEAN - Answers openness
conscientiousness
extroversion
agreeableness
neuroticism
ideographic approach - Answers study individuals in greater detail
cardinal traits - Answers Allport's term to describe the personality traits that dominate an individual's
life
central traits - Answers Allport's term to describe the 5-10 descriptive traits you would use to describe
someone
secondary traits - Answers the less obvious characteristics of an individual's personality that do not
always appear in their behavior
self-report inventories - Answers personality tests where people answer groups of questions about how
they typically think/act/feel
projective personality test - Answers individuals are asked to interpret unstructured or ambiguous
stimuli
Rorschach Test - Answers inkblot