Why is personality important?
Because personality uniquely correlates with specific behavioural repertoires and routines
Personality relates to job performance and career success
What value does a personality assessment add?
The assessment has a predictive value and hence can predict behaviour and performance in various settings
Assessments are used a selection tools
Personality types (4)
Sanguine
Phlegmatic
Melancholic
Choleric
Sanguine behaviour (3)
Confident
Cheerful
Optimistic
Phlegmatic behaviour (2)
Apathetic
Sluggish
Melancholic behaviour (3)
Depressed
Sad
Fearful
Choleric behaviour (3)
Aggressive
Excitable
Irritable
Definition of personality
The unique and stable pattern of behaviour, thoughts and emotions shown by individuals
Personality characteristics are assumed to be… (2)
- Stable over time
- Distinctive (different from others)
Type A personality shows high levels of…; (4)
- Competitiveness
- Irritability
- Time urgency (always in a hurry)
- More likely to suffer from stress-related illness
Type B personality shows high levels of…; (4)
- Relaxation
- Low focus on achievement
- Takes time to enjoy leisures
- Less likely to suffer from stress-related illness
Based on the interactionist perspective, behaviour is [what]?
Based on the interactionist perspective, behaviour is a result of a complex interplay between personality and situational factors
“The person-environment fit”
Define ‘objective tests’
Questionnaires and inventories designed to measure various aspects of personality
Name the 2 personality assessments
- Objective tests
- Projective tests
Define ‘projective tests’
A personality assessment test presenting someone with ambiguous (=dubbelzinnige) stimuli to which someone is required to report what they perceive and how they do so
Name the 4 measures of assessing personality traits
- The big five*
- Need for achievement*
- The occupational personality questionnaire*
- Goal orientation
- = popular in job assessments
Define ‘person-environment fit’
The degree to which a persons unique blend of characteristics (personality, skills, etc) suits the requirements of a particular job
Define the five factors of the five factor model (5)
OCEAN Openness to experience Conscientiousness Extraversion Agreeableness Neuroticism
What does the five factor model establish?
Five most recurrent personality traits
What is the five factor model useful for?
It is useful for individual personality assessments and for the clarification of a number of topics that are interesting to personality psychologists
Which factors from the five factor model are good qualities in interpersonal situations? (2)
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Which factors from the five factor model are good predictors for good citizenship? (3)
Conscientiousness
Agreeableness
Extraversion
Big five (personality traits) criticism; (4)
- Only applicable to germanic cultures
- Not tested on other cultures
- No grounded theory, just a solution that became successful
- Some cultures (incl asians) add ‘Honest-Humility’ to the big five to make the big six personality traits
Define the ‘Need for Achievement’ personality trait assessment (3)
The need for achievement is the concern with meeting excellence standards, the desire and motivation to be successful and excel in competition
Applicable to workplace behaviour
