Chapter 5 Psychology of Personality Discussion Questions for Chapter Five Back to Syllabus Back to Discussion Questions 1. Explain the concept of personality traits in terms of internal, stable, bipolar, additive, independent, socioemotional behavior patterns. Explain the concept of reliability.
Reliability is expressed numerically as a special case of the correlation coefficient, explain.
Learn to interpret all three types of reliability coefficient. Differentiate among construct, content, convergent, criterion, discriminant, and face validity. Explain conceptually the procedure of factor analysis. Evaluate the evidence supporting the notion that virtually all personality traits can be reduced to five basic traits. Evaluate the evidence that supports each dimension.