Personality Assignment by Thomas Mboto Today, many researchers and psychologists believe that they are five fundamental dimensions of personality – often referred to as “The Big Five” or “FFM”: Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, and openness. This theory – unlike Cattell’s theory, which was deemed to be too complex, and Eysenck’s, which was said to be incomplete – emerged to describe the basic traits that serve as the building blocks of personality (Cherry, n.d). Highly extraverted individuals are assertive and sociable, rather than quiet and reserved. Agreeable individuals are compliant and polite, rather than hostile and indecorous. Conscientious individuals are goal-oriented and orderly, rather than impulsive and disorganized. Neurotic individuals are prone to experiencing negative emotions, such as anxiety, depression, and irritation, rather than being emotionally stable. Lastly, highly open individuals have a wide-range rather than narrow range of interests, are sensitive rather than indifferent to art and beauty, and prefer peculiarity to social norms (Soto & Jackson, 2013). Evidence of this theory has been mounting over the past 50 years, beginning with the research of D. W. Fiske (1949) and later prolonged upon by other researchers including Norman (1967), Smith (1967), Goldberg (1981), and McCrae & Costa (1987) (Cherry, n.d). IPIP-NEO Narrative Report My score on Extraversion is high (92), suggesting that I am sociable, outgoing, energetic, and lively. Gregariousness is the facet I scored the highest (99), while Activity Level is the facet I scored the lowest (49). My score on Agreeableness is low (30), suggesting less concern with others' needs than with my own. Trust is the facet I scored ... ... middle of paper ... ...to account all of the disadvantages I have mentioned, I would close by stating that the biggest weakness of standardized self-report inventories is, consequently, the validity of the scores. Since one’s scores are manifested in contrast to other people’s scores, the chain reactions of skewed scores are inevitable. In conclusion, unlike tools, personalities are not (though arguably) man made. They are far greater in number, as well as complexity. No theory – like that of ‘Supply and Demand’ or ‘The Big Five’ – can be applied to bring forth a test of any kind that will objectively depict one’s personality, and the traits that underlay it. To the defense of standardized self-report inventories, however, I will say, they are more efficient and more accurate than people in general – who “judge more by the sense of sight than by the sense of touch…”(Machiavelli, 1513).
After all, many if not all of the leaders emphasized in textbooks appear to have an outgoing personality that generates of movement for change. I never would have classified myself as an extrovert. Upon taking the assessment it is clear that I am an introvert, and therefore may be qualified as a weakness. The class average score related to extraversion was 5.5, mine is considerably lower at 3.
Extraverts are people who are relatively sociable and outgoing while on the opposite end individuals who are introverts are people who would much rather enjoy the company of close friends and family. People who are high in agreeableness are more likely to be trustworthy. Those who are high in conscientiousness are goal-oriented. Individuals high in neuroticism
My score on extraversion was 22, low again compared to the norm. For this trait, I agreed with my results at first, but after some thinking I realized although I am introverted, I do behave extravertly sometimes. In general, I prefer working alone, staying indoors, and I don’t like being around a lot of people. For example, when given a group project, I’d prefer working on my own. Yet most of the time, I end up being the group leader because I get along well with people and am usually optimistic. Basically, I prefer settings with less people, but I can mingle well with strangers at parties or functions. Most of my friends and myself included, would say I am extraverted because I make friends easily and am usually very happy and cheerful. But that is only partially true because I do behave differently depending on the situation and my role as a friend, student, employee, etc. Therefore, I don’t agree with my results overall. Considering I show both introversion and extroversion, I think my results should have been within average compared to the
There is so many different personalities in the world, and how boring would it be if we all acted the same. “Every society and social group has values, experiences, and understandings that are widely shaped among members but may not be endorsed by those outside of the culture or group” (Wood, 2016, p.54). This is your personal identity , which is how you choose to live your life and what you stand for. Your idenity can be shared closly with other people. However, your personality is uniquily your own, this is the way you have decided to represent your idenity (Hontoy, 2015). I learned that I am an ESTJ type, extravert (19%), sensing (12%), thinking (1%), and judging (44%). Some of the concepts that I read about my personality type I recognized in myself and some opened my eyes to new concepts about myself (Humanmetrics, 2016).
Personality is massive part of an individual’s identity. Our personalities dictate our patterns of thinking, feeling, and acting. An individual’s personality exposes them to predispositions and habits that influence their actions and lives. Early on, personality assessments consisted of physical features ranging from head shape and facial characteristics to body type. In today’s world, personality assessments are mainly based around traits. Traits are simply descriptions of one’s habitual patterns of behavior, thought and emotion. The most popular personality assessment is the Five-Factor Model, also known as The Big Five. This model allows us to describe people based on the five main traits/dimensions. These traits are extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness to experience. Each of these five traits measures a different aspect of one’s personality. Extraversion is based on one’s level of engagement with the world,
In terms of The Big Five Trait Theory, an individual with a high level of extraversion is thought to display dominant behaviour as well as good leadership skills. The individual focusses their psychic energy on things that are external...
The five-factor model includes five broad domains or dimensions of personality that are used to describe human personality. The five factors are openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism. While these five traits should be sufficient on their own to describe all facets of a personality, there also should be no correlation between the main factors. The Five Factor Model is now perhaps the most widely use trait theory of personality and has achieved the closest thing to a consensus in personality research. The advantage of this theory is that there have been multiple research studies conducted on this theory. Results suggest that this theory is effective in describing and determining personality. However, this theory is very categorical and does not allow for much flexibility. It also looks at the person personality at that time and now how it developed.
Self-report personality inventories such as these allow for a comparison of various traits within an individual to other people’s qualities (Nevid, 2015, p. 435). Additionally, this form of testing is inexpensive to administer and score. Another benefit of these types of tests is the likelihood that one will be honest, due to the lack of face-to-face communication with an interviewer (Nevid, 2015, p. 436). Lastly, this form of testing also offers the possibility of boosting one’s confidence level, because of the positive wording that does not focus on the negative aspects of one’s personality (Caswell & Stromberg, 2015, para. 21). Nevertheless, negative factors remain, such as the results of these tests have the ability to change based on one’s mood, which may have been the reason for the variance in my testing results. According to an article by Vox media, fifty percent of testers had a changed result in as little as five weeks after the first testing experience (Caswell & Stromberg, 2015, para. 24). These self-reported tests depend on the truthfulness of the individual taking the test, thus they rely on the self-judgment of one’s opinion (Nevid, 2015, p. 435) Additionally, these tests which are bias, measure a single dimension of personality (Nevid, 2015, p.
Since I scored moderately, I fall in both categories. Although some would argue that their results are nowhere near correct, I would say that mine were, for the most part, spot on. I did conjure up a few disagreements; however, a more detailed and longer test might be able to give me a more in depth and accurate rating of my personality. The conclusions of my test say that I am moderately open to experience, highly conscientious, moderately extraverted, and high in both agreeableness and neuroticism.
“The Five Factor Model provides a compelling framework for building personality measures that seek to represent the domain of individual terms broadly and systematically” (Briggs, 1989 as cited in McAdams. DP, 1992, p. 332). The FFM consists of five factors (The ‘Big Five’). They are Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism. When measured individuals can range from extremes on each of these traits.
Extraversion is marked by pronounced engagement with the external world. Extraverts enjoy eing with people, are full of energy, and often experience positive emotions. They tend to be enthusiastic, action-oriented, individuals who are likely to say "Yes!" or "Let's go!" to opportunities for excitement. In groups they like to talk, assert themselves, and draw attention to themselves. (Beaumont 2003)
Taking a personality test is something that I have had to do a few times. First in college while going for my bachelor’s degree in criminal justice, then while attending Airman Leadership School, and finally for this class. Taking these test all three times I have received similar if not the same results so I think that I have answered these truthful each time. Some of the tests that were required for this class were more in depth, taking 82 sub test
2) On Conscientiousness, I rank very high – 86%. I also agree with this placement. I am well-organized and reliable. I feel that this part of my personality weighs down my openness to new experiences above. I’m very careful and calculated, taking care to get things right. 3) In Extraversion I ranked very low at just 7 percent. This is probably an accurate depiction, but if you asked most people who know me they wouldn’t rank me that low. I am a quiet, thoughtful person and I prefer small groups to large crowds. I am perfectly happy spending quiet time on my own. I actually work very hard at being more outgoing and forcing myself to talk to people in social situations where I would feel more comfortable melding into the background.
Trait approach covers the big five personality traits: extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness to experience. These five traits have been identified as the most identifiable personality traits, even across cultures and societies. According to McCrae, Costa, and Busch’s (1986) study on personality system comprehensiveness, the big five personality model included the five traits most identified with by individuals asked to describe themselves and others. I found this segment of the class especially intriguing as it helped me not only learn so much about myself, but also take a deeper look into the personality of my family, peers, and even strangers. I am also more conscious of how I self-monitor my personality traits. For example, I am very much so an introverted person but at times I try to be extroverted based off the environment. In highly social environments, I consciously smile and try to talk to people because I want to be perceived in a favorable light, not actually because I feel the need to be sociable. In other words, I don’t want to be perceived as odd. I believe I developed this form of self-monitoring because when I am introverted at social events people will constantly ask me if I’m ok since I’m quiet, which makes me uncomfortable as they make me the focus. Being the center of attention makes me anxious, and therefore to prevent that I have developed being a fake-extrovert to avoid it. This exemplified how I apply self-monitoring to my everyday life. Trait approach gave me insight into how to identify vastly accepted personality traits, as well as, how each of these traits can be influenced and
There are three parts to our personality that make us unique and affect how we see our quality of life agreeableness, extroversion, and neuroticism (Floyd, 2011). Agreeableness is defined as how collaborative, person-able, and good-natured a person is. The more agreeable a person is, studies have shown, the happier they are and the more capable they are to handle their emotions and stress (Floyd, 2011). Extroverted people tend to look at/for the positives of situations, they are also personable to new people they meet. This positivity and openness to others and situations causes them, in general, to be happier with their lives (Floyd, 2011). Each of us has a unique personality that plays an important part in how we view our lives, to display how emotions and personality affect out looks on life, I am going to compare and contrast my personality and the emotions I tend to experience more often, with that of a friend I have whom I am close