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Person and Thing Orientations: Psychological Correlates and Predictive Utility

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Abstract.
Individuals differ in their orientation toward the people and things in their environment. This has consequences for important life choices. The authors review 15 studies on Person and Thing Orientations (PO-TO) using data from 7,450 participants to establish the nature of the constructs, their external correlates, and their predictive utility. These findings suggest that these two orientations are not bipolar and are virtually independent constructs. They differentially relate to major personality dimensions and show consistent sex differences, whereby women are typically more oriented toward people and men more oriented toward things. Additionally, these orientations influence personal preferences and interests. For university students, PO and TO uniquely predict choice of major and retention within thing-oriented fields (e.g., science and engineering).

Keywords: person and thing orientations, interests, sex differences, personality, STEM

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Judul Seri

Social Psychological and Personality Science

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London : SAGE Publications Ltd., 2013

Deskripsi Fisik

Social Psychological and Personality Science 4(1) 116-123

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English

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4(1)

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PSIKOLOGI SOSIAL

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