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The Big Five Personality Traits
Author's personality, with each dimension explained.
Neuroticism
- The tendency to experience negative feelings
Anxiety
Higher
- Anticipates danger
- Fearful
- Tense
- Jittery
- Nervous
Lower
Anger
Higher
- Fussy
- Sperg
- Bitterly sensitive to being treated unfairly
- Tendency to feel angry
Lower
Depression
Higher
- Sad
- dejected
- discouraged
- Low energy
- Lethargic
Lower
Self-Consciousness
Higher
- Oversocialized
- Impressionable
- Fragile
- Shy
- Squirrely
- Bashful
- Contrite
- Hypersensetive
- Fears-Manifestation
Lower
Immoderation
Higher
- Strong cravings
- Lustful
- Indulgent
- Short-term oriented
Lower
Vulnerability
Higher
- Panic
- Confusion
- Helplessness
- Buckles under pressure
Lower
Extraversion
- Pronounced engagement with the external world
Friendliness
Higher
- Genuine admiration of others
- Optimistic
- Makes friends quickly
- Easy to form intimate relationships
Lower
- Does not reach out to reserved people
Gregariousness
Higher
- Stimulated by company
- Excited by crowds
Lower
Assertiveness
Higher
- Speaks out
- Takes charge
- Bossy
- Leaders
Lower
- Talks little
- Forfeits control
Activity Level
Higher
- Fast-paced
- Lives a busy life
- Quick
- Energetic
- Vigorous
- Involved
Lower
Excitement-Seeking
Higher
- Easily bored
- Has hustle
- Thrillseeker
Lower
- Easily overwhelmed
- Solemn
Cheerfulness
Higher
- Positivity
- Happiness
- Enthusiasm
- Optimism
- Joy
Lower
- Energetic Resistant
- Nominally Spirits
Openness To Experience
- Distinguishes creativity from convention
Imagination
Higher
Lower
Artistic Interests
Higher
Lower
Emotionality
Higher
Lower
Adventurousness
Higher
- Tries new activities
- Loves to Travel
- Seeks Novelty
Lower
- Seeks Familiarity
- Enjoys Routine
- Uncomfortable with change
Intellect
Higher
- Plays with ideas
- Open to heterodoxy
- Debates intellectual issues
- Enjoys brain teasers
Lower
- Deals with people or things rather than ideas
- Regard intellectual exercises as a waste of time
Liberalism
Higher
- Challenges authority, convention, and tradition
- Hostility toward rules
- Sympathy for law-breakers
- Love of ambiguity, chaos, and disorder
Lower
- Seeks Security
- More Stable
- Traditional
Agreeableness
- Concerned with cooperation and social harmony. Values getting along with others
Trust
Higher
- Assumes fairness, honesty, and good intentions
Lower
- Assumes selfish and devious intentions, and that people are potentially dangerous
Morality
Higher
- Sees no need for pretense or manipulation when dealing with others
- Are candid, frank, and sincere
- Easy to relate to
Lower
- Sees deception in social relationships as necessary
- Ends justify the means
Altruism
Higher
- Finds helping others to be genuinely rewarding
- Willing to assist those in need
- Doing things for others is self-fulfillment
Lower
- Does not like helping those in need
- Requests for help are impositions
Cooperation
Higher
- Dislike confrontations
- Willing to compromise to get along with others
Lower
- Uses intimidation others to get their way
Modesty
Higher
- Dislikes personal claims of superiority
- May have low self-esteem
Lower
- High self-esteem
- views immodesty as unseemly
- Seen as disagreeably arrogant
Sympathy
Higher
- Tenderhearted
- compassionate
- Feels the pain of others vicariously
- Easily moved to pity
Lower
- Unaffected by human suffering
- Judgement proudly based on reason
- Truth as a higher virtue
- Enacts impartial justice
Conscientiousness
- How one controls, regulates, and directs impulses
Self-Efficacy
Higher
- Confidence in ones ability:
- of intelligence
- of sense
- of drive
- of self-control
Lower
- Feels ineffective
- Feels governed by fate
- No sense of control
Orderliness
Higher
- Well-organized
- Likes routines
- Keeps schedules
- Plans
- Creates lists
Lower
Dutifulness
Higher
- Sense of duty
- Strongly feels moral obligations
Lower
- Uncomfortable with constraints [ Rules, Regulations, Contracts ]
- Unreliable
- Irresponsible
Achievement-Striving
Higher
- Driven towards excellence
- Focussed
- Desires status
- Strong sense of direction
- Work obsessed
- Single minded
Lower
- Content with minimal work
- Perceived as lazy
Self-Discipline
Higher
- Persistance through adversity
- Overcomes reluctance to begin tasks
- Stays on track despite distractions
Lower
- Procrastinates
- Poor follow-through
- Fails to complete sought tasks
Cautiousness
Higher
- Considers possibilities before acting
- Scales time when making decisions
Lower
- Impulsive
- Does not deliberate alternatives