Personality psychologists have determined personality to be defined as the enduring traits and characteristics of a person’s thoughts, feelings and behavior (Cervone & Pervin, 2013). The word “enduring” meaning the lasting and consistent aspects found within an individual’s personality (Cervone & Pervin, 2013). Many people conduct themselves and behave differently when placed in various situations. Also, some people tend to be more consistent than others. Personality psychologist aim to study what makes an individual behave consistently or inconsistently. Although psychologist could agree on a definition of consistency, the factors that influence consistency within a person are more complicated to define and determine (Cervone & Pervin, 2013).
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These simple daily acts motivate Personality Psychologist to question what determines someone to behave in a consistent manner compared with inconsistent behavior. Therefore, many personality psychologist aims to study the concept of personality consistency across different situations (Cervone & Pervin, 2013). Aspects of personality that influence behavior consistency, such as traits within personality are frequently examined. Ways in which psychologist have studied personalities and their relation to concepts such as consistency are through the Big Five Inventory (BFI) (Sherman,Nave & Funer, 2010). This measure is a survey that assesses various personality traits in the categories of Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, extraversion, Neuroticism and openness (Sherman,Nave & Funer, …show more content…
The participant sample consisted of 202 participants, 105 female and 97 male (Sherman, Nave & Funer, 2010). Each participant completed the following measures, The BFI, used to determine participants’ personality traits, the CAQ personality traits as characteristic or non-characteristic, a RSQ measuring situations as characteristic or no characteristic, a RBQ aimed to examine participants’ behavior in a particular situation (Sherman, Nave & Funer, 2010). Over the course of a five week period participants were asked to record their behavior and activities at three different times of the day. Through the use of the measurements previously mentioned, participants deemed their behavior as characteristic or non-characteristic (Sherman, Nave & Funer, 2010). A psychological characteristic of their behavior was recorded as well with their activity at each time period. Results displayed that those less likely to find themselves in behaving consistently among the four situations examined reported to be higher in neuroticism (Sherman,Nave & Funer, 2010). While those participants that tended to behave more consistently, reported highest in agreeableness among the BFI. These individuals were also more likely to find themselves in similar situations throughout their daily lives (Sherman, Nave & Funer, 2010). Moreover, participants
These simple daily acts motivate Personality Psychologist to question what determines someone to behave in a consistent manner compared with inconsistent behavior. Therefore, many personality psychologist aims to study the concept of personality consistency across different situations (Cervone & Pervin, 2013). Aspects of personality that influence behavior consistency, such as traits within personality are frequently examined. Ways in which psychologist have studied personalities and their relation to concepts such as consistency are through the Big Five Inventory (BFI) (Sherman,Nave & Funer, 2010). This measure is a survey that assesses various personality traits in the categories of Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, extraversion, Neuroticism and openness (Sherman,Nave & Funer, …show more content…
The participant sample consisted of 202 participants, 105 female and 97 male (Sherman, Nave & Funer, 2010). Each participant completed the following measures, The BFI, used to determine participants’ personality traits, the CAQ personality traits as characteristic or non-characteristic, a RSQ measuring situations as characteristic or no characteristic, a RBQ aimed to examine participants’ behavior in a particular situation (Sherman, Nave & Funer, 2010). Over the course of a five week period participants were asked to record their behavior and activities at three different times of the day. Through the use of the measurements previously mentioned, participants deemed their behavior as characteristic or non-characteristic (Sherman, Nave & Funer, 2010). A psychological characteristic of their behavior was recorded as well with their activity at each time period. Results displayed that those less likely to find themselves in behaving consistently among the four situations examined reported to be higher in neuroticism (Sherman,Nave & Funer, 2010). While those participants that tended to behave more consistently, reported highest in agreeableness among the BFI. These individuals were also more likely to find themselves in similar situations throughout their daily lives (Sherman, Nave & Funer, 2010). Moreover, participants