Re:A review of correlations between big five personality typ...
by coldtea on Monday May 10, 2021 @02:37AM
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>For instance, take a Big Five trait such as agreeableness. How do we know that a person is agreeable? Because we define agreeableness in a certain way and then measure the degree to which someone conforms to the definition.
I'm not sure what's the point of this observation.
This is the case with every term.
How do we know someone is a murderer, a cry-baby, a thief, a chef, or any trait X?
Because "we define X in a certain way and then measure the degree to which someone conforms to the definition"
I'm not sure what's the point of this observation.
This is the case with every term.
How do we know someone is a murderer, a cry-baby, a thief, a chef, or any trait X?
Because "we define X in a certain way and then measure the degree to which someone conforms to the definition"