YOUR PERSONALITY TRAITS AND YOU.

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Definition of Terms;

For easy understanding of terms involves in this post I will define each terms that we will be discussing about in this post.

Personality:

Is easy read, it is an individual’s behaviour toward others, attitude, characteristics, mindset make his personality.

Personality development:

Is defined as a process of enhancing one’s personality. Personality development sessions guide an individual as to how he/she can develop his/her personality.

Traits:
A trait is something about you that makes you “YOU”. For example, When your mother says that you get all your best traits from her as a lady, she means you have the same charming smile and the brilliant mind as she has. In science, trait refers to a characteristic that is caused by genetics.

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Personality Trait:

This reflects people’s characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. Personality traits imply consistency and stability.
What make us who we are? Each person has a idea of their own personality type- if they are bubby or reserved, sensitive or thick-skinned. Psychologists who try to tease out the science of who we are defines personality as individual differences in the way people tend to think, feel and behave.
There are many way to measure personality, but psychologists have mostly given up on trying to divide humanity neatly into types. Instead, they focus on personality traits.

The most widely accepted of these traits are what is called and known as the “BIG FIVE” which are as follows;
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  • Openness to Experience
  • Conscientiousness
  • Extraversion
  • Agreeableness
  • Neuroticism

Psychologist also derived a mnemonic to help in remembering these five traits in hand, and it known as “OCEAN”.
The Big Five were developed in the 1970's by two research teams. These teams were led by Paul Costa and Robert R Mccrae of the National Institutes of Health and Warren Norman and Lewis Galdberg of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and the University or Oregon according to Scientific American.

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The Big Five are the ingredients that make up each individual’s personality. A person might have a dash of Openness, a lot of Conscientiousness, an average amount of Extraversion, plenty of Agreeableness and almost no Neuroticism at all. Or someone could be disagreeable, neurotic, introverted, conscientious and hardly Open at all.
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Here is what each Personality Trait entail in detail:-

Openness To Experience:

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Openness is a general appreciation for art, emotions, adventure, unusual ideas, imagination, curiosity, and variety of experience. People who are open to experience are intellectually curious, open to emotions, sensitive to beauty and willing to ty new things.
They tend to be, when compared to closed people, more creative and more aware of their feeling. They are also more likely to hold unconditional beliefe.
People low in Opennessare just the opposite. They prefer to stick to their habits, avoid new experiences and probably aren’t the most adventurous eaters. Moreover, individuals with high openness are said to pursue self-actualization specifically by seeking out intense, euphoric experiences. Conversely, those with low Openness seek to gain fulfillment through perseverance and are characterized as pragmatic and data-driven- sometimes even perceived to be dogmatic and closed-minded.

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CONSCIENTIOUSNESS:

Conscientiousness is a tendency to display self-discipline act dutifully, and strive for achievement against measures or outside expectations. It is related to the way in which people control, regulates and direct their impulses. People with these traits never perform any task in haste but think twice before acting. They are generally methodical and tend to become perfectionist in the long run.
People who score high on conscientiousness are proactive, goal-oriented and self-discipline. They strive hard to accomplish goals and objectives within the stipulated time frame. High Conscientiousness is often perceived as being stubborn and focused. Low Conscientiousness is associated with flexibility and spontaneity, but can appear sloppiness and lack of reliability. High scores on Conscientiousness indicate a preference for planned rather than spontaneous behaviour.

EXTRAVERSION:

Extraversion is characterized by breath of activities (as opposed depth), surgency from external activity/situations, and energy creation from external means. The trait is marked by pronounced engagement with the external world.
Extroverts enjoy interacting with people, and are often perceived as full of energy. They tend to be enthusiastic, action-oriented individuals. They possess high group visibility like to talk, and assert themselves.
Extroverted people may appear more dominant in social setting, as opposed to introverted people in this setting.
Introverts have lower social engagement and energy levels than extroverts. They tend to seem quiet, low-key, deliberate, and less involved in social world. Their lack of social involvement shouldn’t be interpreted as shyness or depression; instead they are more independent of their social world than extroverts. Introverts need less stimulation and more time alone than extroverts. This doesn’t mean that they are unfriendly or anti-social; rather they are reserved in social situations.

AGREEABLENESS:

The agreeableness trait reflects individual differences in general concern for social harmony. Agreeable individuals values getting along with others. They are generally considerate, kind, generous, trusting and trustworthy, helpful, and willing to compromise their interest with others. Agreeable people also have an optimistic view of human nature.
Disagreeable individuals place self-interest above getting along with others, they are generally unconcerned with others’ well-being, and are less likely to extend themselves for other people.
Sometimes they are skeptical about others’ motives causes them to be suspicious, unfriendly and uncooperative. Low agreeable personalities are often competitive or challenging people, which can be seen as argumentative or untrustworthy.
Since Agreeableness is a social traits, research has shown that one’s agreeableness positively correlates with the quality of relationship with one’s team members. Agreeableness also positively predicts transformational leadership skills. Conversely agreeableness has been found to be negatively related to transactional leadership in the military. A study of Asian military unit showed leaders with a high level of agreeableness to be more likely to receive a low rating for transformational leadership skills.

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NEUROTICISM:

Neuroticism is the tendency to experience negative emotions, such as; anger, anxiety, or depression. It is sometimes called Emotional Instability or is reversed and referred to as Emotional Stability. According to Eysenck’s (1967) theory of personality, Neuroticism is interlinked with low tolerance for stress or aversive stimuli. Neuroticism is a classic temperament trait that has been studied in Temperament Research for decades, before it was adapted by the FFM.
Those who score high in Neuroticism are emotionally reactive and vulnerable to stress also tending to be flippant in the way the express emotion. They are more likely to interpret ordinary situations as threatening, and minor frustrations as hopeless difficulty.
Their negative emotional reactions tend to persist for unusually long periods of time, which means they are often in bad mood. For instance, neuroticism is connected to a pessimistic approach toward work confidence that work impedes personal relationships and apparent anxiety linked with work. Furthermore, those who score high on Neuroticism may display more skin-conductance reactivity than those who score low on Neuroticism. These problems in emotional regulation can dimish the ability of a person scoring high on Neuroticism to think clearly, make decisions, and cope effectively with stress.
Lacking contentment in one’s life achievements can correlate with high Neuroticism scores and increase one’s likelihood of falling into Clinical Depression. Moreover, individual’s high in Neuroticism also tend to experience more negative life events, but Neuroticism also changes in response to positive and negative life experiences. Also, individuals with levels of Neuroticism tend to have worse psychological well-being.
At the other end of the scale, individuals who score low in Neuroticism are less easily upset and are less emotionally reactive. They tend to be calm, emotionally stable, and free from persistent negative feelings. Freedom from Negative feeling doesn’t mean that low-scorers experience a lot of positive feeling either.
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