Conscientiousness

personality as being derived from five higher-order traits known as the “Big Five” (Weiten, McCann, 2016). The Big Five, developed by Robert McCrae and Paul Costa, consists of extraversion, neuroticism, openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness. Thesis (?): This model is most compelling to me as I can easily identify fundamental aspects of my personality with it. Today, one of the most well-known “Big Five” traits is extraversion, as it has crossed over into popular culture

items (Caruana, Lefeuvre, & Mollaret, 2014). In this case, when measuring personality tests, traits such as; conscientiousness or core self-evaluations are likely to relate to job performance across many occupations. Conscientiousness is a person's ability to be dependable, organized, punctual, and to persist in the face of setbacks (van Kampen, 2012). Research indicates that conscientiousness is the personality characteristic

influences a person’s development. I took Buchanan’s personality test to discover my personality style. Buchanan’s quiz uses the Five Factor Model of Personality Test (FFPT). Buchanan’s questionnaire covered topics of extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and Openness. Clients come go counseling so the client can gain a better understanding of themselves. Therefore, a counselor may use a personality test to decide where to begin when counseling the client and developing the therapeutic

personality traits in terms of 5 dimensions’ (McCrae and John, 2005) that can be used to describe personality. These ‘Big Five’ factors are Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness and Neuroticism (Costa and McCrae, 1992). Each of these factors contains several sub-factors that aid in identifying the overall dimension. For example, for conscientiousness, primary indicators include self-discipline, dutifulness and achievement striving (McCrae and John, 2005). Employee performance can be defined

are as follows: For Openness to Experience/Intellect I was higher than average, meaning I am curious, imaginative, questioning, creative, open to new ideas. I strongly agree with this rating, I love to paint, decorate and try new food. For Conscientiousness I was rated a being well organized, dedicated and things of the sorts. I agree with this category to an extent but I fell as if I am more strongly conscientious than the rating I received. I feel as though I am very organized and dedicated in

I most strongly identify with Western or American culture, which more specifically is the United States culture. I was born and raised in the United States and have never traveled to a different continent. Some aspects of this culture that have been particularly influential in shaping my personality include my moral values and beliefs, right and wrong behaviors, mate and relationship preferences, independence, and self-enhancement. Some other aspects of my culture that have influenced my personality

Psychometric Evaluation of a New Measure of Dispositional Optimism Dispositional optimism (DO) is a psychological construct defined as the tendency to have positive expectations about the future [CITE]. DO is considered a relatively stable trait, and is based upon the expectancy-value theory of motivation [CITE fishbein]. The theory suggests that an individual’s confidence in their ability to succeed (expectancy) and the predicted benefits of completing a task (value) determine the strength of their

adventure, meet new people, and learn about diverse cultures. In addition, you would never see me visiting the same places or watching the same movies over and over. I always like to get out of my comfort zone and be adventurous. I think my “Conscientiousness” high score is accurate. During my undergraduate career, I was able to develop an organization system to balance between academic requirements, work, and activities by creating blocks into my schedule and be consistent. Before I start each semester

most often partake in? To answer our question regarding personality, we utilized The Big Five Model due to its empirical validity. This model consists of five mutually exclusive factors, commonly referred to as Extroversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism and Openness to Experience. Individuals who score high on the Extroversion scale are often talkative, sociable, adventurous and open about their views. It has been suggested that extroversion plays a role in procrastination, likely

Akhtar, and Yilmaz (2016) article on measuring the personality trait of workers, they discovered that employees with the conscientiousness trait outperform their counterparts in overall job performance. Hassan et al. (2016) described conscientiousness as one that is orderly, neat, prompt, meticulous, and organized. Hassan and cohorts noted that workers with conscientiousness are high achievers that excel in academics