Often individuals are described by their personality. Some are described as being introvert and some as extrovert, some as aggressive and some as docile. Hence it can be inferred that when we talk of personality, we mean enduring characteristics that define an individual’s behaviour. The word "personality" originates from the Latin persona, which means mask where the mask was not used as a plot device to disguise the identity of a character, but instead was a convention employed to represent that character. Thus going by this, personality depicts how we present ourselves to others. In general, the pattern of thoughts, feelings, social adjustments, and behaviours consistently exhibited over time that strongly influences one's expectations, self-perceptions, values, and attitudes is also referred to as personality. It predicts human reactions to other people and other situations.
CONCEPT
Personality being a dynamic concept, it has always been widely debated in the world of psychology. There is still no universal consensus on the definition of "personality" in psychology. …show more content…
The HEXACO personality traits/factors are: Honesty-Humility (H), Emotionality (E), Extraversion (X), Agreeableness (A), Conscientiousness (C), and Openness to Experience (O). The three dimensions - Extraversion, Conscientiousness and Openness to Experience are considered to be basically the same as their counterpart dimensions in the Big Five Model. However, in the HEXACO model, Honesty-Humility, Emotionality and Agreeableness differ from the Neuroticism and Agreeableness factors of the Big Five Model. Specifically, the H factor is described as sincere, honest, faithful/loyal, modest/unassuming, fair-minded, VERSUS sly, deceitful, greedy, pretentious, hypocritical, boastful and pompous. The H factor has been linked to criminal, materialistic, power-seeking and unethical