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Explain The Five Personality Traits?: Introduction
Explain The Five Personality Traits?: Introduction
Explain The Five Personality Traits?: Introduction
Introduction: -
The personalities that we possess are complex systems of thoughts, feelings, and
behaviours that tells how we treat others and the world around us. Psychologists and
personality researchers have worked for more than one hundred years to try and make
things easier regarding personality’s complication by proposing that most people can
fit into a certain category that generally captures their preferences.
The differences between personality traits have been identified and the systems to
scientifically evaluate them have also been devised (John & Srivastava, 1999). One of
the more popular and recognized systems is called The Big Five (or the “Big 5”) that
covers these five “core” personality traits:
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Conscientiousness
Neuroticism
Openness
Extraversion: -
Extraverts obtain their energy from interacting with others, while introverts obtain their
energy from within themselves. Extraversion includes the traits of energetic, talkative,
assertive and emotional expressiveness.
High Low
Enjoy being the centre of attention. Prefers loneliness
Likes to start conversation. Feels exhausted when socialize a lot
Enjoys meeting the new people Finds it difficult to start
Has a wide social circle of friends conversations
and contacts Dislikes making small talk
Finds it easy to make new friends Carefully thinks before speaking
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Feels energized by other people Dislikes being the centre of attention
presence
Say things before thinking about
them
Agreeableness: -
These are individuals, who tend to be friendly, cooperative, and compassionate. People
with low agreeableness are likely to be distant. Traits include being kind, trust worthy,
altruistic, affectionate, and sympathetic.
High Low
Takes interest in other people Takes little or no interest in others
Cares about others Doesn't care about how other people
Feels empathy and concern for other feel
people Has little interest in other people's
Enjoys helping and contributing to problems
the happiness of other people Insults and dishonours others
Assist others who are in need of help Influences others to get what he
wants
Conscientiousness: -
People having high degree of conscientiousness are reliable and prompt. Traits include
being organized and detail oriented.
High Low
Spends time in preparation. Dislike details of structure and
Finishes important tasks in time. schedules
Pays attention to detail Make blunders and doesn't take care
Enjoys having a set schedule. of thing
Failure in returning things.
Delays important tasks
Failure in completion of necessary or
assigned tasks
Neuroticism: -
Neuroticism is also sometimes known as Emotional Stability. This dimension is
associated with one’s emotional stability and degree of negative emotions. People who
score high in neuroticism often experience emotional instability and negative emotions.
Traits include being moody, anxious, irritated and tense.
High Low
Experiences a lot of pressure Emotionally stable
Worries about many different things Deals well with stress
Gets upset easily Rarely feels sad or depressed
Experiences dramatic swings in Doesn't worry much
mood Stays very calm and relaxed
Feels anxious
Struggles to bounce back after
stressful events
Openness: -
Those people, who are eager to learn new things and enjoy new experiences usually
score high in openness. Openness features traits like being insightful, imaginative,
adventurous and having a wide variety of interests. Those people, who are low in this
trait are more often traditional and struggle with abstract thinking.
High Low
Very creative Dislike changes
Open to trying new things Does not enjoy new things
Focuses on resolving new challenges Resist new ideas
Not very imaginative and creative
Happy to think about abstract Dislike abstract or theoretical
concepts concepts
Conclusion: -
Individuals are usually identified in terms of having high, average, or low levels of the
five personality factors. Each factor has no relation to other factors, so someone might
be high in Extraversion and low in Neuroticism. The Big Five model can be used for
gaining a full picture of an individual by measuring up on each of the five dimensions.