IPIP Big Five Factor Markers

I was excited to take The Five Factor Personality Test, since I have taken it before and would like to see if there were any significant changes within my personality traits. After finding my results, it concluded no significant change. My extraversion score was a 42, which is relatively high. My agreeableness score was a high of 33. My conscientiousness score was 35, which is an average score. My neuroticism score was a 30 and my openness score was a 29, both relatively high. I truly believe this assessment is a good predictor of my personality (Buchanan, n.d.).

Extraversion- Extraversion is marked by pronounced engagement with the external world. McCrae & Costa (1997) believe there is a good deal of variation in what makes up this factor. Extraverts enjoy being with people, are full of energy, and often experience positive emotions. Extraverted employees tend to be enthusiastic and action-oriented (Carver & Scheier, 2000), like

Having self awareness is a significant attribute to utilize when leading/managing others, interacting in social events and making personal decisions. Having the insight to distinguish your emotions, then using that knowledge to manage your behavior and relationships is being emotionally intelligent (Bradberry & Greaves, 2009). After using the Emotional Appraisal Instrument, I learned that self-awareness is my strongest emotional intelligence (EI) skill and my weakest EI skill is social awareness (TalentSmart, Inc., 2016).

Since I like to engage with others and am energized by social interactions, I scored high in the trait of extroversion. By asserting myself in groups, I take on leadership roles when working with other people. I have a positive outlook on life and try to be friendly, energetic and adaptable to change. Easy to interact with others, I find it easy to form new friendships.

Emotional intelligence is the ability to recognize feelings and judge which feelings are appropriate for a given situation.

Emotional intelligence; also referred to as EI or EQ, is defined as, “a skill in perceiving, understanding, and managing emotions and feelings” (n.d.). The way I express myself, interact with others, demonstrate emotions and deal with stress on a consistent basis may lead to a high EQ, or low EQ, depending on my actions. I was able to take a self-assessment on the McGraw-Hill/Irwin website that provided a score for my emotional intelligence with specific areas of strengths and weaknesses included. Overall, I scored 87 out of 100 possible points, which ranks my score considerably high. Based on my results, I faired well in regards to understanding and managing my emotions in all areas of my life. Understanding emotional intelligence, and achieving a high score in similar assessments, may lead to rewarding results in many facets of life’s daily tasks and interactions. A person, who has developed a high emotional intelligence, will keep their emotions under control, strengthen relationships with those around them, and know their limitations.

The results I got from my Big Five Project personality are traditional, conscientious, extraverted, agreeable and calm. Comparing to the feedbacks I received, there is some difference between the results I get with the feedbacks. I emailed and called many different people who are playing the various roles in my life. I asked my parents, my friends and my friends in college. I am surprised because what they write in the emails were all the same. The most words they describe me are organized and reliable, and the next are trusting and friendly. The only difference from the report is that my friends think I am an open-mind person but the report says I am a traditional person. Overall, I would agree with their feedback to me.

The personality trait from the mini IPIP6 –scale descriptions analysed in this report is Extraversion. With a mean score of 5.5 compared to the mean score of sample 4.05, standard deviation of 1.17 and z score of 1.24, over all I scored above average compared to the mean total score of participants. By incorporating previous research on Extroversion and the mini –IPIP6 scale, an observation can be made that my score was above average due to my lack in introvert behaviours. These scales are self-reported data (S- Data), which can decrease the validity as self- report data can only measure what the individual is willing to express. The personality trait from Jackson-5 Scales of revised Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory - Scale description analysed

In taking the Big Five Personality Test, I find the results to be consistent with my personality. According to the results, I am a conventional and down to earth person that is very well-organized and can be relied upon. Furthermore, I am a nervous and quiet person with the tendency to be mean and rude to others. These findings are pretty accurate because I know for a fact that I am a very well-organized person with no intention of being center of attention in a room full of people. Furthermore, my friends are always telling me that I am rude and harsh on certain things. Finally, I prefer to see things realistically rather than using my imagination and being creative.

IQ tests are not the only way to measure intelligence. In fact, we make informal decisions about others’ intelligence all the time, even after short interactions. The ability to express and control our emotions is essential, but so is our ability to understand, interpret, and respond to the emotions of others. Psychologists refer to this ability as emotional intelligence, and some experts even suggest that it can be more important than IQ. Multiple intelligences represents different intellectual abilities (Edutopia, 2003).

Of the four categories, I scored the highest in the self-awareness category with a 91. This score shows that my ability to accurately perceive my emotions and stay aware of them as they happen strengthens my emotional intelligence. On the contrary, my self-management, social awareness, and relationship management scores were less than impressive. In order, I scored a 69, 67, and a 73 on these three sections of the test. The appraisal explains that scores between the 70-79 range can become strengths with a little improvement. Scores in the 60-69 range, however, need lots of improvement in order to strengthen ones EQ. For self-management, I agree that I sometimes struggle managing my emotional reactions. For example, making a bad grade on a test often causes me to develop anxiety. What shocked me the most was that my social awareness section received the lowest score. I always considered myself to be very good at picking up on other’s emotions, but this test showed otherwise. Thirdly, my relationship management presents with plenty of room for improvement. When I disagree with someone, I tend to immediately label that persons opinion as wrong before giving him a chance to explain his position. In conclusion, this test confirmed my need to become more aware of the emotions of those around me in order to strengthen my emotional

Emotional intelligence is the ability to monitor one’s own and others feelings and emotions to discriminate among them and to use this information to guide one’s thinking and action. (Salovey & Mayer, 1990)

When interpreting the scores recorded, results show consistency for each trait. This is represented with the context as each trait has a high and low end to the scale but there is no negative or positive side. After combining empirical research and the results from the Individual Assessment Scale evidence suggests, according to my personally results. Having high Extroversion evidence indicates that high levels of extroversion correlates with people being more inclined to make friends therefore they are more likely to interact in class and attend study group sessions. Statistically proven students who preform this task have higher results (Donnellan, Oswald, Baird, & Lucas, 2006). Another interesting point identified was consistency between an average score in Behavioural Activation System (BAS) and average grades. A score in BAS relates to detecting goal conflict such as approach-avoidance, approach-approach, avoid-avoid and an average score suggests that when faced

Emotional Intelligence is defined as a ‘type of social intelligence that involves the ability to monitor one’s own and other’s emotions, to discriminate among them and to use the information to guide one’s thinking and actions’ (Salovey and Mayer, 1990: 189). According to Goleman (2001), ‘emotional intelligence comprises of 4 key components which are, Self

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.