key term - Robert McCrae

Definition

Robert McCrae is a renowned psychologist best known for his work on the Five-Factor Model of personality, which he developed with Paul Costa.

Related terms

Paul Costa:

A psychologist who collaborated with Robert McCrae to develop the Five-Factor Model of personality.

Five-Factor Model:

A comprehensive model that describes human personality using five core traits - openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism.

Personality Psychology:

The branch of psychology that studies individual differences in characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving.