Surgency
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Surgency is a personality attribute that is part of the Big Five personality traits
, or the Five-factor model
(FFM). It is most commonly referred to as the dimension of Extraversion.
Other synonyms for surgency include Dominance, Self-confidence, Competitiveness, Outgoingness, Decisiveness, Talkativeness, Frankness, Adventurousness, Assertiveness, Sociability, Energetic, Composed, Interest in Sex, and Cheerfulness. Surgency involves patterns of behaviour often exhibited in group settings and generally concerned with getting ahead in life.
Such behavioural patterns often appear when someone is trying to influence or control others. Individuals lower in surgency prefer to work by themselves and have relatively little interest in influencing, controlling, or competing with others.
Though nowadays referred to as a self-reported construct, it was also associated by Cattell (1947, 1948) to an ability, namely the word "fluency", identified by Thurstone and Thurstone (1941). This concept of fluency is very broad, and includes facility both in speech and in writing. Cattell found that of all of the objective tests developed for assessing temperament, the fluency tests were the most valid for testing Surgency. Studman (1935) had also come to similar conclusions.
Big Five personality traits
In contemporary psychology, the "Big Five" factors of personality are five broad domains or dimensions of personality which are used to describe human personality....
, or the Five-factor model
Big Five personality traits
In contemporary psychology, the "Big Five" factors of personality are five broad domains or dimensions of personality which are used to describe human personality....
(FFM). It is most commonly referred to as the dimension of Extraversion.
Other synonyms for surgency include Dominance, Self-confidence, Competitiveness, Outgoingness, Decisiveness, Talkativeness, Frankness, Adventurousness, Assertiveness, Sociability, Energetic, Composed, Interest in Sex, and Cheerfulness. Surgency involves patterns of behaviour often exhibited in group settings and generally concerned with getting ahead in life.
Such behavioural patterns often appear when someone is trying to influence or control others. Individuals lower in surgency prefer to work by themselves and have relatively little interest in influencing, controlling, or competing with others.
Though nowadays referred to as a self-reported construct, it was also associated by Cattell (1947, 1948) to an ability, namely the word "fluency", identified by Thurstone and Thurstone (1941). This concept of fluency is very broad, and includes facility both in speech and in writing. Cattell found that of all of the objective tests developed for assessing temperament, the fluency tests were the most valid for testing Surgency. Studman (1935) had also come to similar conclusions.