A Study of the Relationship Between Self and Desired Mate Personality Testing Regarding the Big-Five Inventory (BFI) Factor of Personality Test Sky Sommerfeld Hunter College, The City University of New York Abstract There are numerous variations in the ways of which people display personality traits. Self-reported personality testing not only allots for analysis of how an individual views themselves, but also how they would like their idealized partners personality to appear. Using an assimilated form of the Big-five inventory of personality tests (BFI) assisted in the analysis of five commonly known personalities and their connection to self as well as mate reporting. These five personalities of agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness, extraversion, and finally neuroticism were all analyzed to see whether there was a correlation between self-reports and desired mate reports. This occurred through surveys constructed and taken by a general college population of which provided substantive information.
She believed instead that an individual can show a mixture of feminine and masculine traits and that a balance of these characteristics is desirable and healthy within a personality. To test her ideas, she developed the Bem Sex Role inventory (BSRI) to test her ideas by the male scale and Female scales which asked participants to score characteristics. A high score in the male scale and female scale resulted into being androgynous. After testing out her inventory Bem found that 34% of males and 27% of females were androgynous. Bem argued that such individuals are more adaptable in different situations, have higher self-esteem and a greater awareness sense of emotional well being.
(ACA, 2005: AMHCA. 2010). The writer reviewed various assessment instruments and decided to select two instruments that evaluated the level of distress among relationship of couples, both married and unmarried. Based on this criterion, the writer selected the Marital Satisfaction Inventory (MSI-R) and the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS) as an assessment instruments likely to be used in the
The tests used to gather this data was the chi-square fitness of good and Willcoxon. The results for each hypothesis rejected the null hypotheses. Introduction There has been a lot of evidence that many people believe that males and females who are thought of as being attractive are generally more sociable, balanced, and more successful. This belief has become known as the Halo effect; the inclination for one exceptional trait to unjustifiably influence an overall impression. This idea was first supported by Edward L. Thorndike in 1920 in a psychology study.
That is, men and women, as well as boys and girls, are more alike than they are different” (Hyde, 2005, p. 581). To prove her hypothesis she focused on specific categories for possible similarities such as, cognitive variables, nonverbal and verbal communication, social and personality variables, psychological well-being, motor behaviors, and moral reasoning. My opinion of gender, prior to reading the article, men and women are far more different than others tend to want to believe. Women tend to be more driven by their emotions whereas men are driven more on their skills to problem solve and physical capabilities. That is not to say that there is not a sense of equality, but based on my personal observations a female has the tendency to be more capable of carrying out and following through with tasks more than a man.
Week 1 Quiz Your answers : 23/23 (100%) Correct Answers marked by Capital letter 1. Which of the following terms describes basic convictions that “a specific mode of conduct or end-state of existence is personally or socially preferable to an opposite mode of conduct”? a. Emotions b. Attitudes c. Feelings D. Values 2. The _____ is a personality assessment model that taps basic dimensions which encompass most of the significant variation in human personality, namely extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, and openness to experience.
Michael Rucker sates in his article “9 Differenced Between the Male and Female Brain” that “Many men are sharply left-brain dominant, while women tend to be more evenly balanced between left and right-brain processing. Women are therefore thought to be slightly more intuitive, and sometimes better communicators. Men are often less socially adept, and are more task-oriented thinkers than females.” (Rucker). Young boys can be rough because of testosterone but they tend to overthink their actions and decide on the “‘fight or flight’” reaction and coming from someone who is young, I can vouch for this. Females, on the other hand, follow their gut feelings and their “female intuition” and employ the “‘tend or befriend’” strategy.
We are more likely to form a relationship with those people who are associated with pleasant event e.g. we are more likely to like someone when we are in a happy mood opposed to unhappy. Support for this theory comes from Griffitt and Guay, they found that higher ratings were given when the experimenter had positively evaluated the participants, thus showing the importance of positive stimuli in relationship formation. Although, the reward / need satisfaction theory doesn’t take into account cultural and gender differences in the formation of romantic relationships. Lott suggests that in many cultures are more focused on the needs of others rather than receiving reinforcement.
men and women also show differences in reproductive behaviours. It has been suggested than males are more likely to have one night stands and short term sexual relationships than women as there are fewer costs for males, this suggestion was showed by Hatfield’s
2. In what sense, according to conflict theorists, is rape less an act of deviance and more of an act of over conformity to cultural expectations? Do you agree with this analysis? 3. Despite the fact that girls do better than boys at school, boys have higher expectations and higher self esteem than girls, a gap that continues with each year of schooling.