Question

What is your personality like? Are you introverted or extroverted? Do you worry a lot, or are you relaxed? Are you talkative or quiet? These are just a few of the questions addressed in the Five Factor Model of Personality.

Use these five categories to describe the traits of your personality. Please address all five of the dimensions listed in Figure 12.8 on page 395 (and below). If you would like to take a personality test, visit this website. Be sure to select the "Short Version!"

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1. Neuroticism			4. Agreeableness
Calm	Worrying		Irritable	Good-natured
At-ease	Nervous		Ruthless	Soft-hearted
Relaxed	High-strung		Selfish	Selfless
Secure	Insecure		Callous	Sympathetic
Comfortable	Self-conscious		Vengeful	Forgiving
2. Extraversion			5. Conscientious
Retiring	Sociable		Negligent	Conscientious
Sober	Fun-loving		Careless	Careful
Reserved	Affectionate		Undependable	Reliable
Quiet	Talkative		Lazy	Hardworking
Loner	Joiner		Disorganized	Well organized
3. Openness
Conventional	Original
Down-to-earth	Imaginative
Uncreative	Creative
Narrow interests	Broad interests

Answer 1

Personality is defined as the combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual's distinctive character. You will see five main traits of your personality: openness, extraversion, conscientiousness, agreeableness, and neuroticism. A breakdown of 30 traits including kindness, anger, imagination and intellect will make up an indiviual's perosnlity.

My personality traits are listed below:

• Comfortable and nervous: I am usually a comfortable perosn in my own skin and lifestyle. But under pressure condition, I experience a lot of nervousness inside me.
• Fun-loving and talkative: Thes etwo traits define my personality the best. I love to communicate with people, though I am not a very sociable person. I have my own set of friends and family with whom i talk alot.
• Down-to-earth and creative: I always believe in sticking to one's owm roots. This the the way to succeed in life. I like to do creative stuff whenever I am stressed.
• Selfish and soft hearted: I believe that i show some traits of selfishness in me, though I ma working in it to change it.
• Careful. reliable, organized