Transcript Personality Styles

Personality Styles
The
Big 5
Personality
Personality can be defined as a dynamic
and organized set of personal traits and
patterns of behavior.
Personality
Personality includes:
* Attitudes
* Ways of thinking
* Feelings
* Impulses
* Desires
* Actions
* Responses to opportunity and stress
* Everyday forms of interacting with others
Personality Style
"Your personality style is your organizing principle.
It represents the orderly arrangement of all your
attributes, thoughts, feelings, attitudes,
behaviors, and coping mechanisms.
It is the distinctive pattern of your psychological
functioning—the way you think, feel, and
behave—that makes you definitely you."
Oldham and Morris
Big Five Personality Traits
Openness
Conscientiousness
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism
Big Five Personality Traits
Openness - appreciation for art, emotion,
adventure, unusual ideas, curiosity, and
variety of experience
The trait distinguishes imaginative people
from down-to-earth, conventional people.
Big Five Personality Traits
Conscientiousness - a tendency to show
self-discipline, act dutifully, and aim for
achievement; planned rather than
spontaneous behavior.
The trait shows a preference for planned
rather than spontaneous behavior.
Big Five Personality Traits
Extraversion - energy, positive emotions,
urgency, and the tendency to seek
stimulation in the company of others.
Extraverts enjoy being with people, and are
often perceived as full of energy.
Big Five Personality Traits
Agreeableness - a tendency to be
compassionate and cooperative rather
than suspicious and antagonistic towards
others.
The trait reflects individual differences in
general concern for social harmony.
Agreeable individuals value getting along
with others.
Big Five Personality Traits
Neuroticism - a tendency to experience
unpleasant emotions easily, such as
anger, anxiety, depression, or
vulnerability; sometimes called emotional
instability.
They are more likely to interpret ordinary
situations as threatening, and minor
frustrations as hopelessly difficult.