Big Five personality Traits and Self-Leadership Introduction Understanding how I perceive myself has been my own biggest mystery. Leading successfully requires deep insight about the leader and how effectively communication is used to arrive at the intended goal. However, the idea of self-leadership delves a bit further into the personal psyche of the individual in order to manage personal behaviors of the individual person leading. I personally, have had several challenges when called to lead and have often had to do some self-reflecting and soul searching in order to properly assess the success or failure of the situation. Recently, I learned that how I see myself and other’s perception of me are not the same. For instance, I was once told that I seemed to be an outgoing and rambunctious person with a lot of energy. I don’t see myself as this type of person. I am usually the quiet reserved loner who offers to help when needed. Though I come from a large family, I don’t typically prefer large crowds but do prefer to plan activities far enough in advance in order to properly prepare for certain types of activities. Five dimensions In order to learn more about my personality according to the Big Five, I completed a self- assessment geared towards explaining certain elements of individual personality. The results of this assessment were displayed in the IPIP-Neo Report and described brief descriptions of five different areas of the human personality. The general results
Dispositional personality theories are quite different from biological personality theories. The two will be compared and dissected in this article. The Big Five Personality Test will also be analyzed and how it is used to study personality will be examined.
Personality and how we behave have been of much interest to psychologists for a long time now and because of this there have been many theories and theorists that have been developed. Personality is defined as consistent behavior patterns and intrapersonal processes originating within and individual (Fritzley, 2012, p. 10). There are six main approaches to personality psychology they include: biological approach, humanistic approach, behaviorist approach, trait approach, psychoanalytic approach and cognitive approach. Each approach shines a little light onto why we behave the way we do and how our personalities are formed, the approaches contain many different theories from
Personality is defined as the unique way in which each individual thinks, acts, and feels throughout life (Ciccarelli, 2014). Numerous individuals are curious in regards to their actions and how their mind works, thus leading companies to create personality tests, in order to provide individuals with some perspective on their personality. While individuals can take personality tests for leisure, personality tests are often utilized in situations such as job interviews, diagnosing mental disorders, and educational purposes. Two popular personality tests are the Keirsey Temperament Sorter and the Big Five Personality test. After taking both tests, I analyzed them using my knowledge of general psychology and of my own actions. I found the
Of the Big Five personality traits, I scored highest on neuroticism. I compared myself to my friend. My friend scored highest on extraversion. I scored lowest on extraversion, whereas my friend scored lowest on agreeableness. I was somewhat surprised at my results that my friend received. However, I was not surprised by my results. I am a typically anxious person, so I knew I would probably score high on neuroticism. However, I thought my friend would score higher on agreeableness. I don’t agree with some of these because I believe that my friend falls a little higher on the agreeableness, while I believe we both fall a little higher on the openness scale. I also believe there is more to a person’s personality than that.
Robert (2005) believes that ``Entering the fundamental state of leadership’’ described under four steps of self evaluation/self assessment could help to become more effective leader by releasing positive emotions when he recalled a faced great challenges compared to new possibilities for the current situation, analyzing your current state and by questioning oneself these questions:
The purpose of this paper is to discuss characteristics of my personality. The main focus of this paper will be how my personality has developed over time. As I age and encounter new and different experiences, my personality has adapted and developed further. This paper will give an in-depth exploration into the people and events that have influenced my personality.
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.
These experiments were conducted to show how the Bog Five personality traits contribute to a prosocial response to the pain of others. The aim of the experiments is to find out how peoples Big Five personality traits are used to observe other’s pain assessments. With the hypothesis of the experiment being conscientiousness and agreeableness would be the traits that greatly contribute to the judgements of the observer when confronted with others expressions of pain. Two experiments were undertaken to prove the hypothesis. In experiment one 59 healthy participants
The big five factors of personality are five broad domains or dimensions of personality which have been scientifically discovered to define human personality at the highest level of the organization. These five over-arching domains have been found to contain and subsume more or less all known personality traits within their five domains and to represent the basic structure behind all personality traits. They have brought order to the often-bewildering array of specific lower level personality concepts that are constantly being proposed by psychologists, which are often found to be overlapping and confusing. These five factors provide a rich conceptual frame work for integrating all the research findings and theory in personality psychology.
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
A part of my identity that I believe is necessary to know and understand about me is that I am a leader. To me leadership is doing what needs to be done and making sure it gets done, showing people the what the right decision and action to take is, and being someone that people respect, follow and trust. There are two ways a person can lead, by example and by showing people how the task at hand should be done and they follow. Also a leader is respected, with the ability to tell people what needs to get done. I exert both of these traits in multiple places in my life.
This personality assessment project will be able to reveal and summarize the person I am by reviewing my psychological life history and by taking different perspectives from theorists. I am going to discuss the similarities and differences of my scores throughout the semester.
This is a literary review of articles that primarily focused on the Big Five personality trait known as neuroticism or emotional instability, and its relation to social media. Social media has become significantly integrated into the daily lives of people across the world. Social media connects people to friends and family, former acquaintances, colleagues, and fellow professionals in the work arena. Major businesses and organizations use social media to create awareness about their products, brand, or causes they represent, and also use it as a means to connect directly with current followers or consumers of their brand. Individuals however use social media as a platform of personal expression and connection to potential friendly or romantic
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,
Upon completion of The Big Five Personality Test I was able to reconfirm key components of my personality. For instance, the ability to open up an experience new events with minimal hesitation. Next, a military mindset helps to promote a strong work ethic with an abundance of attention to detail. Thirdly, enthusiasm makes it easy to thrive in any social environment. Additionally, amicability helps with considering other’s emotional needs during regular interactions. Finally, stability aids with maintaining a high level of relaxation during times of unease. Now, that these five personality traits have been discussed, let’s move onward.