Big 5 Inventory

I have read about the big five personality test, designed to get an idea about the personality with some multiple choice questions. I run the test and found that traits described in the results are somewhat matching with my personality. I am not 100 % agree with some of the test results. I will discuss each traits below.

A survey was conducted at Texas A&M University in which the “Big Five” traits of Psychology were measured. The focus of the research is to use descriptive statistics to determine the average personality across the Texas A&M University student body and compare the results to the average personality across the University of Texas student body. Descriptive statistics describes the data that the researcher is analyzing in terms of the average and variability of the sample. Two types of descriptive statistics exist to describe the data: central tendency and variability. Central tendency describes the average of a sample by interpreting the mean, median, and mode. Variability describes the difference in the set of scores through the interpretation of standard deviation, variance, and range.

I found the test results of the Big Five personality assessment to be an interesting and very accurate description of myself. After completing this assessment, I was able to analyze my personality in depth. I found this information to be helpful knowledge and provide insight about myself, as well as being crucial in examining my personality traits. The big five is also referred to the OCEAN model of personality, and stands for the main traits used to describe personalities. This acronym stands for openness to experience/intellect, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism. After taking the test I was then given percentile scores that allowed me to compare myself with other people who have taken the test online as well, therefore making it a more meaningful comparison.

The mean age of the participants was 19.3 which means our sample was very close to the average age of college students. The standard deviation between participants was .955, the minimum age was 18 years old and the maximum was 22 years old. 3 out of the 102 participants age were missing from the data. The question responses were used to find the standard deviation and mean for the Big Five personality trait score. The Big Five personality traits are extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, and openness to experiences. The response scales for these were from a 1 to 7, with a range of 6. The higher the response score the more the participant agreed with the statement and the lower the score less the participant

The Big Five Model or the five-factor model of personality which is typically called the Big Five—has received strong supporting evidence. An impressive body of

The Big Five Test is a compilation of 70 questioned geared towards “measuring how accurate or inaccurate the statements pertain to you.”(Wentz) This test is considered to be an objective test measuring certain traits of the individual taking it rather than states. Traits differ from states in the sense that traits are life-long characteristics; meanwhile states are temporary characteristics of an individual. This test was designed to measure the Big Five personality traits, including: extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability and openness. When you are listed as being in the higher percentiles for each of these categories, then you

In psychology, the Big Five personality traits are five broad domains or dimensions of personality that are used to describe human personality. The theory based on the Big Five factors is called the Five Factor Model (FFM)[1] The Big Five factors are openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.

The authors of this revision were Yossef Ben-Porath and Auke Tellegen. They established this 338-item broadband inventory of the psychological constructs, which was derived from the 567-items in the MMPI-2. Consistent with previous versions, this test is used for individuals 18 years and older. The RF consists of 9 Validity Scales, 3 Higher Order Scales, 9 RC Scales, 23 Special Problem Scales, 2 Interest Scales, and the 5 Personality Psychopathology Five (PSY-5) Scales, totaling to 51 scales. The PSY-5 Scales were created by Harkness and McNulty, which provides a link to the Five Factor Model of personality (2007). The broad spectrum of personality and psychopathology constructs assessed by the MMPI-2-RF are consistent with its ability to assess for a wide range of psychopathological

Gosling, S. D., Rentfrow, P. J., & Swann, W. B., Jr. (2003). A Very Brief Measure of the Big Five Personality Domains. Journal of Research in Personality, 37, 504-528. In this study, Gosling, Rentfrow, and Swann evaluate new 5 and 10-item measures of the Big Five. There were two studies conducted where in Study 1, two samples were measured using both the new five-tem instrument and the BFI which is the Big-Five instrument. They used 1704 undergraduate students who were examined on convergent and discrimination validity. They also managed a battery of other instruments in order to compare the pattern of external correlates of the 5-item instrument with the pattern of external correlates of the BFI. A separation of 118 participants were assessed again

The Big Five Inventory (BFI) assessment is a self-report, 44-item inventory that aims to measure five personality factors in order to learn about an individual’s personality. The five factors being measured are, extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness. This test uses the S-data approach, as well as the qualitative and quantitative methods. As the results from the Spanish and English BFI assessment are compared, the reliability, validity, and generalizability are analyzed in order to see how effective they are. The results provide an insight on one’s personality in each of the five categories. The findings concluded low reliability,

The study was conducted using the IPIP measure scales; (Extraversion, Neuroticism, Openness, Agreeableness & Conscientiousness), (Goldberg, 1999) and the Big Five Factor Model which measure the personality factors of the Big Five (Costa & McCrae, 1992). The four goals of Psychology was taken into consideration using the 25-item translated questionnaire with a 5 point Likert scale.

The Big Five personality traits is a model based on five dimensions that provide understanding into individual personalities and perceptions of the world (Barrick & Mount, 1991). The five aspects consist of openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism. Openness to experience refers to elements such as creativity, intelligence, curiosity towards a diversity of interests and experiences (Ko & Lin, 2016). Conscientiousness represents volition, dependability, self-discipline and achievement-orientation of an individual (Costa & McCrae, 2008). It was found to have the most impact on employment efficiency (Barrick & Mount, 1991) as it comprises traits such as perseverance, responsibility, diligence, meticulousness and organization. According to Goddard, Patton, & Creed (2004) conscientiousness is also correlated with individual efficacy and accomplishments. Extraversion is defined by characteristics such as being enthusiastic, sociable, assertive,

The Big Five Model of personality categorizes traits into the dimensions of extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability, and openness to experience.

Research. Throughout the year, I researched the origin and stability of personality traits. With this research came an investigation into the models of personality traits, which guide research in the area of personality psychology. The Big Five, also known as the Five-Factor Model (FFM), provides the most accurate representation of one’s personality traits. Thus, in using a Big Five test in my survey, the product directly connects to my research.

Some of the initial ideas and founding features for the five factor model were theorised by numerous different researchers. Researchers believe that the number of personality traits can be reduced to five major factors, hence the “Big Five” and all other personality traits can be placed within each of the five major factors. These beliefs were first brought about by the findings of Fiske (1949) who was conducting a study in-order to gather supporting evidence for Cattell’s 12 personality factors (Cattell, 1943; 1945a, b), which eventually became part of his 16 Personality Factors (16PF) questionnaire (Cattell et al., 1970). Initially Fiske was trying to collect supporting data for Cattell’s 12 personality factors though he instead found support for five factors, this started an explosion of research throughout the 1980’s and 90’s which continued to provide supporting evidence for the five major factors.