Big Five Personality Traits (OCEAN)
The five broad personality traits described by the theory are
Take the test:
- http://www.personal.psu.edu/j5j/IPIP/ipipneo120.htm (linked by PSYCH101 course)
- https://www.truity.com/test/big-five-personality-test (most popular link?)
There are three criteria that are characterize personality traits: (1) consistency, (2) stability, and (3) individual differences.
Scores on the Big Five traits are mostly independent. That means that a person’s standing on one trait tells very little about their standing on the other traits of the Big Five. For example, a person can be extremely high in Extraversion and be either high or low on Neuroticism. Similarly, a person can be low in Agreeableness and be either high or low in Conscientiousness. Thus, in the Five-Factor Model, you need five scores to describe most of an individual’s personality.
Facets of Traits
The more specific, lower-level units of personality are often called facets.
