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A comparison of the common‐sense and ‘scientific’ conceptions of extroversion—introversion
Author(s) -
Semin Gün R.,
Rosch Ekkehard,
Chassein Joachim
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
european journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1099-0992
pISSN - 0046-2772
DOI - 10.1002/ejsp.2420110105
Subject(s) - psychology , implicit personality theory , extraversion and introversion , personality , argument (complex analysis) , personality theory , social psychology , trait theory , cognitive psychology , big five personality traits , biochemistry , chemistry
From research on the organization of implicit personality theory, and on the fakability of psychometrically sophisticated scales a general argument about the conceptual overlap between implicit personality theory and ‘scientific’ theories of personality is developed. This is tested in the case of the common‐sense conception of extroversion—introversion, and that of Eysenck. The convergent validity of these two conceptions are found to be high enough to support the argument. The implications of the argument are discussed in relation to the correspondences between implicit personality theory and personality theory, and the functions of personality theory in psychology and implicit personality theory in everyday life.