Psychology 14 - The Big Five and Type A. Vs. B
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Chapter 14:
Personality Tests:
The Big Five &
Type A vs. B
Mr. McCormick
Psychology
The Big Five
The Big Five:
Five broad dimensions that are used to describe
human personality
Developed by Paul Costa and Robert McCrae
Five dimensions assessed:
Openness (“Open” vs. “Closed”)
Conscientiousness (“Conscientious” vs. “Spontaneous”)
Agreeableness (“Agreeable” vs. “Hostile”)
Extraversion (“Extraverted” vs. “Introverted”)
Neuroticism (“Neurotic” vs. “Stable”)
Dimensions of The Big Five
The Big Five:
High and Low Scores
Type A vs. B Personality
Type A vs. B Personality:
Two major personality types
Controversial idea
Not entirely supported by modern psychology
Established by Meyer Friedman and Ray Rosenman
(1950’s):
9 year study of 3,000 healthy men ages 35-59
By the end of the study, nearly 257 men had suffered
from heart attacks
69% were Type A
No “pure” Type B suffered from coronary heart disease
Type A vs. B Personality
Type A:
Structured
Competitive
Hardworking
Easily stressed
Impatient
Aggressive
Anger prone
Sense of urgency
Less social
Type B:
Less structured
Less competitive
Easy-going
Less easily stressed
Patient
Less aggressive
Less anger prone
Relaxed
Social
Type A vs. B Personality
The Big Five
Find out what you score
on the Big Five!
Take the test:
http://www.outofservice.com/bigfive/
Type A vs. B
Find out whether your
personality is more
Type A or B!
Take the test:
http://www.psych.uncc.edu/pagoolka/typea-b-intro.html