sociability
(noun)
The skill, tendency, or property of being sociable or social, of interacting well with others.
Examples of sociability in the following topics:
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Allport's, Cattell's, and Eysenck's Trait Theories of Personality
- Do you tend to be sociable or shy?
- According to their theory, people high on the trait of extroversion are sociable and outgoing and readily connect with others, whereas people high on the trait of introversion have a higher need to be alone, engage in solitary behaviors, and limit their interactions with others.
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The Value of Social Support in Managing Stress
- The innate sociability of humans plays a role in every moment of a person's life.
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Reactive Attachment Disorder
- Previously in the DSM-IV-TR, RAD was divided into two different types: inhibited type took the form of a persistent failure to initiate or respond to most social interactions in a developmentally appropriate way, while disinhibited type presented itself as indiscriminate sociability, such as excessive familiarity with relative strangers.
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Mischel's Cognitive-Affective Model of Personality and the Person-Situation Debate
- Prior to his research, trait theories argued that an individual's behavior is mostly dependent on traits like conscientiousness and sociability, and these traits are expected to be consistent across different situations.
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The Five-Factor Model
- An individual who scores high on extraversion is characterized by high energy, positive emotions, talkativeness, assertiveness, sociability, and the tendency to seek stimulation in the company of others.