conscientiousness and agreeableness Flashcards
(28 cards)
conscientiousness
always prepared, attention to details, chores done right away, like order and schedules.
low conscientiousness an dhigh conscientiousness
low C: late, change planse. High C: stick to routine, self discipline and punctual.
agreeableness
sympathise with others, soft heart, take time out. feel others emotions, make people feet at ease.
low agreeableness and high agreeableness
low A: fight with others and dont care what others think. High A: attend to others needs.
both A and C have been associated with…
with ADHD and for are used as twin checks against antisocial behaviour.
trait aggression: dam et al 2021:
recurited 259 men with different levels of aggression and administered questionnaires. they found that low traits in A and C along with high N = higher risk of aggressive behaviour.
high A predicts…
harmonious relationships and social support.
high C predicts…
job performance, academic performance, physical health and life expectncy.
Piedmont et al studied…
79 female athletes looking at performance and five factor measures. found N and C explained 23% of variance.
a study of Mirzaei et al 2013 into the five factor inventory whilst being assessed…
found that conscienciousness was significantly correlated with sport and was a sole predictor of sport performance.
conscientiousness and healthy behaviours
increased life expectancy, strict moral principles, perfectionism, adherence to rules.
agreeableness traits
harmonious relationships, theory of mind, avoid conflict, excessive attention to other needs and trust.
neurobiological mechanisms of conscientiousness
man who borrowed cars after experiencing an aneurysm of the anterior communicating artery- his brain showed reduced blood flow to the right mesial orbifrontal region.
low conscientiousness following…
traumatic injury to left dorsal lateral pre-frontal cortex. found that the stronger response in the right dorsolateral prefrontal cortex during no go trials the less impulsive people rated themselves on a scale.
is low conscientiousnes impulsivity?
lack of perserverance (relates to C), lack of premeditation (low C)) urgency linked to stability including C.
De Young et al 2010: conscientiousness covaried with…
volume in lateral prefrontal cortex. Brain regions associated with middle and interior of frontal gyrus.
DLPFC and conscientiousness
lateral PFC involvement in rule following and goal maintenance yet DLPFC is associated with WM which is unrelated to WM.
conscientiousness and the goal priority network
thorugh fMRI that syncrhony overlapped with goal priority network including anterior insular DACC, DLPFC.
what does theory of mind or mentalisation refer to
the ability to recognise and understand the mental states of others.
how is ToM related to social behaviour and aggression?
ToM is positively linked to social competence and cooperativeness and negatively linked to aggressive tendencies.
what are the two main types of ToM and how are they tested?
perceptual- reading the mind in the eyes test. Cognitive (stiller-Dunbar stories task).
what did nettle and liddle find about agreeableness and ToM
agreeableness correlated with performance on the stiller dunbar test but not with the rading the mind in the eyes test.
what happens to the correlation between agreeableness and Tom after accounting for IQ?
the relationship between agreeableness and ToM disappears when controlling for IQ.
How is ToM to honesty and manipulation?
advanced ToM is linked to the ability to lie effectively and ToM training in children can induce lying.
