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| Research article summary (published 5 Apr 2009): |
A cybernetic model of global personality traits.
Full Abstract
Neurobehavioral studies of human and animal temperament have shed light on how individual personality traits influence human actions. This approach, however, leaves open questions about how the entire system of traits and temperaments function together to exercise control. To address this key issue, I describe a cybernetic model of control and then apply it to the Big Five (B5) personality traits. Employing evidence from descriptive trait terms, temperamental behavioral processes associated with traits, and empirical correlates of traits, I relate distinct cybernetic processes of self-regulation to the B5 traits. The B5 traits broadly parallel basic cybernetic self-regulation processes. For example, the core behavior activation property of the B5 Extraversion trait can be mapped onto the device output function of automated cybernetic control systems. Implications and limitations of interpreting personality traits in self-regulation terms are discussed.
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Author/s: Van Egeren, Lawrence F (LF);
Affiliation: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48854, USA. vaneger1(-atsign-)msu.edu
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Review
Journal: Personality and social psychology review : an official journal of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc (Pers Soc Psychol Rev), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2009-May; vol 13 (issue 2) : pp 92-108
Dates: Created 2009/06/05; Completed 2009/06/24;
PMID: 19351887, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 6/24/2009, IMS Date: 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00)
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