The Importance Of Openness In Personality

Introduction

Personality is tricky to study, for traits are difficult to define and measure. However, insight into one's own character is possible by analyzing stable and consistent styles of thinking, feeling, and responding to situations (Urland, 2018a). Although research in social psychology has shown that the situation can largely impact an individual's behavior, the persistence of particular predispositions to respond a certain way within similar situations and contexts makes personality traits a worthwhile study -- especially considering that one's personality type can help predict certain life outcomes. In the field of personality psychology, the most prominent traits that portray personality are known as the "big five" and include

Although openness is not strongly correlated with IQ, open individuals are likely to read more books than those who are not as open. Indeed, it is true that if I am not doing homework, I probably have my nose in a book. Openness is also associated with emotional intelligence, which is the ability to decode and understand emotions (Urland, 2018b). This is one of the up sides to being a highly open individual, for I am able to quickly sense almost any emotion stirring within me. Although openness may appear to be a highly valuable trait, those high on this dimension can also be describe as unpredictable or unfocused. I can certainly identify with being easily distracted. My mind often wanders off into my fantasy land, and I constantly have to reign it back

I chose this form of social media because I thought it to be the most accurate representation of my personality, as well as my most active account. In the past three months (from the beginning of December until now), I have made 54 posts. This included four updates which I conceptualized as birthday wishes to others, relationship status indicators and my new years resolutions. I posted 16 real pictures of myself, my close friends and my family members. I did not share any links. I reblogged 15 posts, most of which consisted of matters I wanted to help bring to people's attention, such as animal rights. The other 19 posts were quotes that I found meaningful or