Costa and McCrae by Jacob

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Summary:

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Costa and McCrae are well known for the five factor model, the five broad traits that make our personality. These traits were originally derived from categorisation of the adjectives that are commonly used to describe individuals.

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NEO PI-R

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It is a Personality questionnaire developed by Costa and McCrae. Questionnaire is used to assess "Big five". Questionnaire made up of Likert scales. It is designed for adults.

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Criticisms

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- That the 'Big Five' fails to explain all of the human personalities. e.g. (Honesty, conservativeness and manipulativeness)

- That it is a data-driven investigation rather than being based on a theory.

Short Bio

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Paul Costa Jr. is an American psychologist. He was born on July 26th, 1941. Robert R. McCrae is a personality psychologist. He was born on April 16th, 1943.

The Five Factors include:

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Extraversion (sometimes called Surgency). The broad dimension of Extraversion encompasses such more specific traits as talkative, energetic, and assertive.
Agreeableness. Includes traits like sympathetic, kind, and affectionate.
Conscientiousness. Includes traits like organized, thorough, and planful.
Neuroticism (sometimes reversed and called Emotional Stability). Includes traits like tense, moody, and anxious.
Openness to Experience (sometimes called Intellect or Intellect/Imagination). Includes traits like having wide interests, and being imaginative and insightful.

Fact

j_callahan101 — 2015-09-11 01:28:47 UTC

Originally there was only three factors, but they found more over time