Personality at Work – lectures
Lecture 1
During 80s did not believe personalities existed
Als je kijkt naar HEXACO / big five, is er niet iets als selfishness/integrity
Circumstances diederik stapel blamed his ‘work’ on: - publication pressure / positive
findings more easy to publish than no results. He believed more in his own thoughts
than in the data.
Personality vs. Social psychology -> no taxonomy for situations
o There is a taxonomy for situational
o But you cannot say anything about the strength of the situation
Buss -> this definition encompasses everything about personality: “the set of
psychological traits and mechanisms within the individual that are organized and
relatively enduring and that influence his or her interactions with, and adaptations
to, the intra-psychic, physical, and social environments.”
Every personality changes over time-> but pretty stable
Within your cohort -> high amount of stability
Change in your personality – when you get older: more conscientiousness and
more emotional stable – you become actually more stable around 60 most happy
Openness to exp. Highest during twenties, then time stable than bit lower when
you get older
There are 3 kind of environments according to Larsen & Buss:
o Intra-psychic
o Physical
o Social
Interaction between situation & personality
Openness to (new) experiences => related to intelligence
They give 3 things:
o Inter-individual differences
o Cross-situational consistency
o Selection of environments you choose environments that fit your
personality and surround yourself with people who are (kind of) the
same.
Personality structure
There are different structures of personality. There is still a lot of discussion around
personality in lecture 3 all structures are taken in account. Examples are:
One factor (Hofstee)
Two factors (Digman, DeYoung)
Three factors (Eysenck)
Seven factors (Saucier)
Lecture 1
During 80s did not believe personalities existed
Als je kijkt naar HEXACO / big five, is er niet iets als selfishness/integrity
Circumstances diederik stapel blamed his ‘work’ on: - publication pressure / positive
findings more easy to publish than no results. He believed more in his own thoughts
than in the data.
Personality vs. Social psychology -> no taxonomy for situations
o There is a taxonomy for situational
o But you cannot say anything about the strength of the situation
Buss -> this definition encompasses everything about personality: “the set of
psychological traits and mechanisms within the individual that are organized and
relatively enduring and that influence his or her interactions with, and adaptations
to, the intra-psychic, physical, and social environments.”
Every personality changes over time-> but pretty stable
Within your cohort -> high amount of stability
Change in your personality – when you get older: more conscientiousness and
more emotional stable – you become actually more stable around 60 most happy
Openness to exp. Highest during twenties, then time stable than bit lower when
you get older
There are 3 kind of environments according to Larsen & Buss:
o Intra-psychic
o Physical
o Social
Interaction between situation & personality
Openness to (new) experiences => related to intelligence
They give 3 things:
o Inter-individual differences
o Cross-situational consistency
o Selection of environments you choose environments that fit your
personality and surround yourself with people who are (kind of) the
same.
Personality structure
There are different structures of personality. There is still a lot of discussion around
personality in lecture 3 all structures are taken in account. Examples are:
One factor (Hofstee)
Two factors (Digman, DeYoung)
Three factors (Eysenck)
Seven factors (Saucier)
