Conceptions and Correlates of Openness to Experience
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High levels of openness to experience tend to be associated with preferences for complex and challenging environments.
“High levels of openness to experience tend to be associated with preferences for complex and challenging environments (McCrae & Costa, 1997).”
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- Authors
- McCrae, R. R., & Costa, P. T.
- Affiliations
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- Venue
- Handbook of Personality Psychology
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Published
- 1997
- Pages
- 825-847
- OpenAlex
- W2490243484
- Cited by
- 1,093
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 27.19
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Elsevier eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Psychological and Educational Research Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Creativity in Education and Neuroscience
- Keywords
- openness to experience, personality traits, consciousness, motivation, heritability, intelligence, cognition, sentience, trait structure
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