What is the most popular way of describing someone’s personality?
Traits
What has trait psychology contributed towards?
-The theory of personality and personal differences,
-practices if objective psychological assessments,
-development of psychometric tests
and
-it is used in job analysis to determine job competencies
Why should Psychologists and HR practitioners be knowledgable about trait psychology?
It helps with understanding individual differences between individuals and groups
which is important for assessments ect.