Individuals would feel more authentic when they act in accordance with certain traits, such as extraversion and  agreeableness, regardless of the actor’s corresponding traits. 

Wake Forest University

Relates to how we use traits to describe others

Traits and Personality/Person Descriptions

Fleeson, W., &amp; Wilt, J. (2010). The relevance of big five trait content in behavior to subjective authenticity: Do high levels of within-person behavioral variability undermine or enable authenticity achievement? Journal of Personality. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6494.2010.00653.x 

The Relevance of Big Five Trait Content in Behavior to Subjective Authenticity: Do High Levels of Within- Person Behavioral Variability Undermine or Enable Authenticity Achievement?

Relates to how we use traits to describe people we like and don't like

Traits for Liked and Disliked Others

Pertains to how we include other's trait knowledge in construction of our own traits and personality

Inclusion of Other's in Self Trait Descriptions

Investigated how ratings of importance, social desirability, observability, stateness versus traitness, level of abstraction, and base rate are associated with one another and usage. Participants were asked to provide terms that described individuals they knew.

Terms Used to Describe Personality

Individuals will feel most authentic when acting in accordance with their traits.

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