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What Are the Big Five Personality Dimensions? Explain the Significance

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What are the Big Five Personality Dimensions? Explain the significance of the Big Five Personality Dimensions. Specify how one of more of those dimensions might be used to select or place applicants for employment in a particular job or company.


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Self-Evaluation Maintenance (SEM) Theory

A psychological theory explaining how individuals maintain or enhance their self-esteem through comparison with others, especially within close relationships.

Newcomb (1960)

Refers to Theodore Newcomb's study on balance theory and the psychology of interpersonal relations, particularly focusing on how people adjust their attitudes to maintain consistency in their social networks.

Group Formation Process

The series of phases or steps through which a group goes in coming together and developing as a cohesive unit.

Schachter (1959)

Refers to the study by Stanley Schachter which explored the phenomenon of social affiliation under conditions of anxiety.

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