Traits

• What approach is used in personality psychology?

  trait approach
• What acronym is used for characteristics used in the trait approach? what are they?

  OCEAN:

  Openness

  Conscientiousness

  Extraversion

  Agreeableness

  Neuroticism
• Is how a person is defined fixed?

  No it is on a continuous dimension - a person is defined by how much of a trait they possess