The purpose of this report is to provide answers to the questions presented in the research project in the Rasmussen general psychology class. The first question ask was what are the five personality traits according to the prominent five factor model. According to the psychology.suite101 website (Pawlik-Kienlen, 2007) the big five personality traits are as follows:
• Conscientiousness - being disciplined, dedicated and organized. This also means being self disciplined and having goals in life and striving to achieve them.
• Agreeableness - being pleasant and easy to get along with, cooperative, compassionate and kind hearted
• Neuroticism - being easily influenced by negative emotions such as depressions, anger, or anxiety, moody
• Openness - being willing to try new things and ideas, experience new adventures, appreciation of art, imaginative, creative
• Extraversion - being positive, upbeat, energetic, and self confident
The second question asked was to explain what it means to be high or low in these traits. My explanation is that to be high or low in a specific trait is not necessarily good or bad. Most people fall into the middle or "normal" area. It is just an indication as to where someone falls on the scale in each specific area to determine what their individual personality traits tend to be.
The next task was to read the scientific article: The big five personality traits, general mental ability, and career success across the lifespan and answer what two personality traits are correlated with job satisfaction and to briefly describe those correlations. The two personality traits that most correlate with job satisfaction are conscientiousness and extroversion. Conscientiousness because of the tendency...
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...efinition provided in each one I could easily see these reflected in my personality. The results are as follows:
1. Extraversion - (25) about average - I am not highly energetic nor am I overly reserved.
2. Agreeableness- (26) about average - I am not overly trusting nor am I highly aggressive
3. Conscientiousness - (41) relatively high - I am very methodical and organized but not easily distracted
4. Neuroticism - (11) relatively low - I am secure and relaxed but not overly emotional
5. Openness - (19) relatively low - I am not exceptionally creative nor do I seek out culture. I am more of a down-to-earth person.
Note: According to the test, the score on each scale is interpreted relative to a large sample of people that have taken the test and relatively high means that my score was in the top 30% and relatively low means my score was in the bottom 30%.
Openness - People who like to learn new things and appreciate new encounters typically score high in openness. Openness incorporates
The next scale, agreeableness, is also different than how people use the word in everyday conversation. We tend to think of it as non-argumentative, but for the Big Five personality factors, it connotes compassion, trust, helpfulness, and cooperativeness, versus ruthlessness, suspiciousness, defiance, and stubbornness. Amanda is known by her friends for being somewhat stubborn, but not all the time...
The agreeableness linked to altruism, nurturance, caring and emotional support versus competitiveness, hostility, indifference, self-centeredness, spitefulness and jealousy (Howard & Howard, 1995).
This study was conducted by Sanjay Srivastava. The results came from people taking a test with questions. The five traits were founded by John A. Johnson he wrote descriptions of the five domains and thirty subdomains. These descriptions are based on an extensive reading of the scientific literature on personality measurement. The five include, extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness An extraversion person enjoys being with people are full of energy and often experience positive emotions. Agreeableness describes people with this value getting along with others are friendly generous helpful willing to compromise interests with others Conscientiousness is when we control regulate and direct our impulses Neuroticism is mental distress emotional suffering and inability to cope with the normal depends of life Openness on the results means dimensions of the cognitive style that distinguish imaginative creative people from down to earth
Neuroticism boldly contrasts with the other personality traits in the Five Factor Model for personality (Openness, Agreeableness, Extraversion, Contentiousness, and Neuroticism). An individual being high in any of the other four traits could hardly be considered pathological. For example, high levels of agreeableness, within reason, would probably be considered to be a positive and healthy characteristic. However, the discussion regarding neuroticism certainly takes a darker turn. Gunthert, Cohen, and Armeli (1999) in their study, operationally define neuroticism as a predisposition to experience negative affect (negative emotional systems). Lahey (2009) defines it slightly differently, as the tendency to “respond with negative emotions to threat, frustration, or loss.” More generally, the personality trait is characterized by anxiety, angry hostility, depression, self-consciousness, impulsiveness, and vulnerability (Cervone & Pervin, 2010). Neuroticism has critical implications outside of personality psychology. Some researchers suggest that neuroticism is significantly correlated with both physical and mental health issues more so than any other personality trait variable. This increased risk is not just for a particular group of pathologies; neuroticism has been linked to Axis I and II disorders in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) across the board (Lahey, 2009). In some occupational performance studies, negative affect was negatively related to job performance (Kaplan, Bradley, Luchman, & Haynes, 2009). This may be extrapolated to individuals high in neuroticism, as it the trait is the predisposition for the experience of negative affect. Research on daily stress and coping showed th...
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...
With the conscientiousness category I was rated with a 58 percentile, stating I was neither organized nor disorganized. This is supposed to state weather you are able to show self-disciple and aim for high success. Which I totally disagree with because I feel as though I am the most disorganized person of all time and can never remember where I place things or can find them if that. Furthermore, I also disagreed because I find myself as a very well disciplined individual with structure and set high priorities for myself in my life to become successful. In addition, I did not quite agree with the category of openness to experience/Intelligent. As Rentfrow states, this category is supposed to say weather you have an appraising art, sentiment, voyage and unique concepts (Rentfrow). I had scored a 20 percentile stating that I have narrow interest and uncreative. Although I might be a tad bit of an uncreative side to myself, I don’t agree however it stating I have narrow interest, because I feel as though I always think out of the box about things and try and figure out problems before they even occur. For the most part of the personality test I would have to agree with what it is stating, especially for being an online data test it sure is precise on how it describes my personality as a single
(1997). McRae et al. (1997) attempted to find if the Five-Factor Model was a universal constant in all cultures. They also attempted to see if cultural views would change how the five traits were viewed. The researchers collected data from 6 different translations of the Revised NEO Personality Inventory, this inventory looks for universal trait dimensions in a variety of languages. These 6 translations were then compared to the American counterpart. It was found that while some cultures did differ slightly in their view of the five traits found in the Five-Factor Model in comparison to Americans, the traits were still universal. All six translations found the big five traits of extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism and opens to experience to be
Matthews, G., Deary, I. J., & Whiteman, M. C. (2009). Personality traits. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
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.
After taking the survey, my results depicted that my primary style of thinking is Affiliative. I find this someone accurate in how I live my life, however there are characteristics I exhibit which diminish my affliliative personality. I find that I am continuously trying to find that perfect relationship or bond with someone. Frankly, I find it hard to make connections with others because my continuous need to be perfect. I find that my closest and best relationships are those who have common values, way of living, and ideals about living life. Once I find a relationship that is trusting, I try to maintain it to my best ability. I am very easy to talk to, however my best communication is with others that have the same values. I express my liking for the other person by showing some generosity and kindness.
Friedman, H. S., & Schustack, M. W. (2012). Personality: Classic theories and modern research (5th ed). Boston , MA, USA: Pearson
Mindy possesses many quirky personality traits, and often finds herself in perplexing situations. Mindy possesses many characteristics in which I am led to believe that she is high on extraversion. She enjoys making quality connections between her cliental and co-workers. She exhibits many traits of being high on extraversion due to the fact that she is social, affectionate, and loving. Mindy is low on conscientiousness because her life is overall disorganized, and she often shows out spurts of carelessness. Although she is organized within her professional life, she leans more towards being disorganized within the other aspects of her life. This ultimately helps her characteristics lean more towards being low on conscientiousness. Mindy is high in openness to experience because she is imaginative and independent. She often makes rash decisions, and shows signs of creativity often. She also shows that she in independent within her professional and personal life by being a successful business woman and having her own apartment. In regards to agreeableness, Mindy seems to fall evenly in between on the model scale. She shows traits of being softhearted and overly-trusting, but also exhibits signs of being uncooperative and often suspicious of peoples’ intentions. Mindy often finds herself experiencing self-pity and allows her insecurities to play a major
For the Openness to Experience/Intellect, my score indicated that I prefer traditional and familiar experiences. While that may be true, it also indicated that I was uncreative and had narrow interest. I think I am a very creative person, because some In allowing them to have a voice, they will be able to offer feedback or contributions (positive or negative) that can be instrumental in some decision making. I will set the example by being a good role model, so that they will not only hear what they are expected to do, but also see.
I feel as though the E, extravert, suits me very well. I love being around other people, especially my friends and my family, and I feel as though when I am around others I am always energetic, and outgoing. Also I am a great conversationalist I love starting conversations, especially with new people, I love hearing what others have to say, and I love telling others about myself. I also believe that the S, the sensing type,suits me very well too. I feel like I am a very precise person, and aim for perfection in things. I also feel like I am a very down to earth person, and very practical with things. Lastly, is very precise with my work, whenever I work on something, I work very hard, and I check it over and over again until it's as perfect as it can get. As for the F, the feeling type, I feel as though it also suits me very well. I am always aware of how other people feel, and I am always there for them. For example one day my sister was upset because she got a bad grade on her test, and I cheered her up by making a bun of jokes and just being funny, and it made me feel very good to see her smile after she was upset for a while. Also whenever there is a conflict whether it's between my friends or my family I always try to stay out of it, so I can help resolve the conflict, and a lot of times I have helped solve many conflicts. One of my biggest pet peeves is telling people unpleasant things, I feel