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Psychological Importance of the "Big Five": Impression Formation and Context Effects.
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Williams, John E.; And Others – Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1995
Personality's basic dimensions are: extraversion, agreeableness, emotional stability; conscientiousness, and openness. Rated items of Adjective Check List for psychological importance, then rated hypothetical applicants described with different combinations of personality dimensions. Applicants described with extraversion and agreeableness…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Higher Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Interprofessional Relationship
A Further Analysis of the Affective Meanings Associated with Male and Female Sex-Trait Stereotypes.
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Best, Deborah L.; And Others – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1980
University students rated the Adjective Checklist Items for "strength" and "activity." The principle qualitative differences lay in the connotations of activity and passivity associated, respectively, with the male and female stereotype traits. Any assertion of greater social desirability for the male stereotype was based on…
Descriptors: Adjectives, Females, Individual Characteristics, Males
Personality Differences among Blacks in Jamaica and the United States.
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Jones, Enrico E.; Zoppel, Christina L. – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1979
Personality differences among Jamaican and American Black populations of varying socioeconomic backgrounds were investigated using several personality assessment instruments. Differences in personality traits and social constructs were found to be consistent with those that might be predicted between members of a more traditional society and those…
Descriptors: Blacks, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Developed Nations