Are personality traits important? - People
Are personality traits important? - People
Are personality traits important? - People
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<strong>Are</strong> <strong>personality</strong> <strong>traits</strong> real?<br />
Kenrick & Funder (1988) found<br />
observers agree to a substantial degree in the <strong>traits</strong> they<br />
assign to other people<br />
observers don’t just agree about which alleged <strong>traits</strong> go<br />
with which, but also about to whom these <strong>traits</strong> apply<br />
observers reliably differentiate people even on relatively<br />
common <strong>traits</strong><br />
observers increasingly agree with each other the longer<br />
they have known the person and these ratings<br />
increasingly correlate with the person’s actual behavior<br />
observers’ ratings are just as reliable whether they know<br />
one another or are strangers.
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