Personality Traits

What makes a person different from each other? Each person has his/her unique personality.
There are numerous ways to measure personality but psychologists have made it simpler and divide humanity neatly into types. They focus broadly on Personality traits.
There are majorly 5 traits that are widely accepted. These are also called the Big five: Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism

In the 1970s, Paul Costa and Robert R. McCrae of the National Institutes of Health and Warren Norman and Lewis Goldberg of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and the University of Oregon respectively led two research teams and developed 'The Big Five'. The Big Five contains all the ingredients that make up each individual's personality.

A person might have a lot of conscientiousness, a dash of openness, an average amount of extraversion, plenty of agreeableness, and almost no neuroticism at all. Or someone could be disagreeable, introverted, neurotic, conscientious, shy, and hardly open at all. Here's what each trait explains to us:

1. Openness: People who enjoy adventure are high in openness. Openness is "openness to experience". They appreciate art, curious to know about anything and everything, has good imagination power and loves to experience new things. The main aim of the open individual is "To find a variety of plants in the garden of life". People who are low in openness generally avoid new experiences, stick to their habits, and aren't the most adventurous eaters.
2. Conscientiousness: These people are organized, dependable, disciplined, achievement-focused, and have a strong sense of duty. You won't find conscientious types going around-the-world journeys with only a backpack, they're planners. People who are spontaneous, careless, and freewheeling are low in Conscientiousness. This trait is very helpful as it has been linked to achievement in school and job.
3. Extraversion: Outgoing versus shy or Extraversion versus introversion is the most recognizable personality trait of the Big Five.If a person is more of a social butterfly, then he/she is more likely to be an extrovert. They generally draw energy from crowds, chatty, cheerful, and sociable. On the other hand, Introverts require plenty of alone time, because their brains process social interaction differently. They are often confused with the shyness but at the same time, they could be charming at the party they just prefer solo or small-group activities.
4. Agreeableness: Agreeable people are more likely to be trusting, helpful, and compassionate. Whereas Disagreeable people are cold, suspicious of others, and they're less likely to cooperate.
5. Neuroticism: People who are high in this trait are more likely to experience such feelings of anxiety, fear, anger, envy, jealousy, guilt, depressed mood, worry, frustration, and loneliness. These people are often self-conscious, shy, and may have trouble controlling urges and delaying gratification.

By- Sakshi Bhardwaj