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THE FIVE FUNDAMENTAL DIMENSIONS OF
PERSONALITY.
Openness to experience
In the last few decades, psychologists
have converged on the ‘Big Five’
dimensions of personality (Openness, Conscientiousness
Conscientiousness, Extraversion,
Agreeableness, and Neuroticism) that can
be used to characterize all individuals. Extroversion
Indeed, just as we think about objects in
terms of three dimensions (length, width,
and height), the ‘Big Five’ dimensions Agreeableness
have enabled psychologists to frame
human personality in terms of five basic
dimensions. Neuroticism
A POPULAR ACRONYM FOR THE BIG FIVE IS
“OCEAN.” THE FIVE FACTORS ARE LAID OUT IN
THAT ORDER HERE.
