I asked Dalliard at Human Varieties about how “real” the Big Five personality factors were and he responded linking to a paper looking at the “facets” or sub-components of those factors. I thought folks might be curious what those facets are, so here goes.
EXTRAVERSION:
Gregariousness
Social confidence versus anxiety
Assertiveness
AGREEABLENESS:
Trustfulness versus cynicism
Compassion versus sensitivity
Humility versus arrogance
CONSCIENTIOUSNESS:
Industriousness
Orderliness
Self-discipline versus distractability
NEUROTOCISM:
Anxiety
Depresssion
Rumination
Irritability
OPENNESS:
Idealism versus conformity
Intellectualism
Adventurousness
May 1, 2013 at 1:40 pm
I would be more impressed if more of the ‘versus’ pairings were actual diametric opposites. Not to mention better matching the associations of the categories’ names.