PSY 3711 1st Edition Lecture 10 Outline of Last Lecture I What do we mean by personality II History III Utility of personality traits Outline of Current Lecture I II III Linking traits to performance models Incremental validity Personality change and work Current Lecture I II Linking traits to performance models a Personality is an indirect determinant of performance related to a person s motivation by influencing their volitional choices b Personality effects are mediated through direct determinants of real time motivation decision to act level of effort and persistence over time c Results from mccloy Campbell and cudek provided confirmation Incremental validity a Big 5 have small r with cognitive ability b Do personality traits explain additional variance n performance beyond what is explained by g c Predictor oriented scales i Variety of inventories designed to measure the big 5 BFI NEO PI R IPIP MM BFAS d Criterion oriented scales i Variety of personality related tests designed to measure particular outcomes ii Composites of the big 5 can be hard to interpret These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute III iii Integrity tests stress tolerance scles drug and alcohol scales customer service orientation managerial potential scales sales performance scale Personality change and work a Historically personality was viewed as fixed after entering young adulthood b View largely changed dur to research by Brent Roberts at UIUC c People s personality changes over the lifespan with people generally becoming more responsible and friendly less neurotic and open to experience as they age higher in E A C lower in N O
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