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| Openness: Openness to experience, also known simply as openness, is a personality trait that is characterized by a willingness to try new things, a curiosity about the world, and an appreciation for beauty and aesthetics. People who are high in openness are often creative and imaginative, and they enjoy learning new things. See also Personality, Personality traits._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Psychological Theories on Openness - Dictionary of Arguments
Corr I 60 Openness to experience/emotion/five-factor model/personality psychology/psychological theories: individuals who score highly on openness to experience seem to be more emotionally sensitive to art and beauty, and to experience a wider range of feelings and emotions than people low on this trait (McCrae 2007(1); Terracciano, McCrae, Hagemann and Costa 2003)(2). Cf. >extraversion, >agreeableness, >conscientiousness, >introversion, >Five-Factor Model. 1. McCrae, R. R. 2007. Aesthetic chills as a universal marker of openness to experience, Motivation and Emotion 31: 5–11 2. Terracciano, A., McCrae, R. R., Hagemann, D. and Costa, P. T. Jr. 2003. Individual difference variables, affective differentiation, and the structures of affect, Journal of Personality 71: 669–703 Rainer Reisenzein & Hannelore Weber, “Personality and emotion”, in: Corr, Ph. J. & Matthews, G. (eds.) 2009. The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology. New York: Cambridge University Press._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Psychological Theories Corr I Philip J. Corr Gerald Matthews The Cambridge Handbook of Personality Psychology New York 2009 Corr II Philip J. Corr (Ed.) Personality and Individual Differences - Revisiting the classical studies Singapore, Washington DC, Melbourne 2018 |
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