The Big Five personality traits
The Big Five model describes personality with five broad traits. Each is a continuum: most people sit somewhere in the middle, and neither end is better than the other. These guides explain what each trait means, its six facets, and what research has found.
- Openness
What openness to experience means, what high and low scorers tend to be like, its six facets, and what research links it to.
- Conscientiousness
What conscientiousness means, what high and low scorers tend to be like, its six facets, and what research links it to.
- Extraversion
What extraversion and introversion mean, what high and low scorers tend to be like, its six facets, and what research links it to.
- Agreeableness
What agreeableness means, what high and low scorers tend to be like, its six facets, and what research links it to.
- Emotional sensitivity
What emotional sensitivity (neuroticism) means, what high and low scorers tend to be like, its six facets, and what research links it to.