Popular comedians are, to my ears, dull, predictable, more "personality" than material.
They force partisans to choose among candidates of similar philosophies and platforms, which swells the importance of subjective, less predictable factors like personality and messaging.
This longitudinal study was designed to examine whether the pattern of depressive symptoms would be predictable from the personality factors profile of the five-factor model (FFM) among college students in Taiwan.
They found eight clinically and conceptually coherent counter-transference reactions (factors) that were independent of clinicians' theoretical orientation and were associated in predictable ways with personality disorders.
While most CMC's in our sample are defined by a progressive and/or episodic course meaning unpredictability and worsening of parental condition, cancer is relatively predictable, unrelated to personality and behavioral changes and not per definition lethal.
This failure was entirely predictable, given the personalities involved on both sides and the lack of new ideas.
For starters, their behavior is more predictable because their personalities are already well developed.
Research aimed to investigate (1) how both direction and distance of anchor (from anchor-free estimates) contribute to size of anchoring effect and (2) whether these effects are predictable by measures of personality traits (Big Five) and general intelligence.
In a totally benign and predictable world, character, flair, personality, intellect, judgment, and the ability to care would become totally redundant.
