that at times certain individual may exhibit behaviors that are inherent or incongruent with their common behaviors. For instance, a usually friendly person may become hostile when forced to work on certain things against his/her will.
Generally, Allport argued that there are internal and external drives that attune a person to behave uniquely and he hypothesized that theses impetus are phenotypes and genotypes. He pointed out that phenotypes are external forces that dictates the way a person agrees to his/her environment and the way other people influence his/her behavior. Genotypes internal forces that responsible in how an individual stores information and utilizes it.
Healthy and unhealthy personalities
Sigmund Freud formed psychoanalytic …show more content…
This model entails five core traits that collaborate to form a single personality. These core traits include conscientiousness, agreeable, neuroticism, extraversion and openness (Halverson, Kohnstamm and Martin, 2014). The factor of conscientiousness means to have a tendency to be thorough, reliable, hardworking, organized, ambitious, self-directed, controlled, and punctual. An individual who scores low on consciousness tend to be more like distracted and an individual who scores high tend to be dependable. Agreeable means to have a tendency to be kind-hearted, trusting, conforming, accepting, altruistic, and good natured. Neuroticism is the tendency to be emotionally unstable, anxious, insecure and hostile. Individual with high neuroticism tend to be emotionally or psychologically distressed whereas those with low neuroticism tend to be relaxed. Individuals with high extraversion are perceived to be, talkative, person-oriented, empathetic, optimistic energetic and sociable while those with low extraversion are considered to be reserved and quiet. Lastly, openness to experience is the tendency to be curious, imaginative, and creative and perhaps have unconventional values and beliefs. This particular trait dwells on an individual’s open-mindedness with regards to his/her culture. An individual who …show more content…
Typically, looking at the results, this model only provides a score that establishes your position among other people who have undertaken the same test. I do not think that this test is accurate. The test does not bring out tangible evidence to back the finding. It is vague and shallow. In my view, The Big Five Personality Test does not significantly help hiring companies to hire right individuals. The test results does not have any underlying or does not underscore any known aspect in the sense that it only dependent on the number of the individuals who have done the test. Furthermore, the test limit an individual from determining exact or accurate traits as opposed other personality tests. The fact that the model is predictive or exploratory theory and based on an assumption that that all people have all the five traits, make it ineffective. People do not possess all the traits and hence, the theory does not sufficiently explain all of human personality. Making comparison of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) instrument, the common personality test utilized regularly by many corporations, to the Five Factor Personality test, Myer-Briggs is more precise in establishing personality whether a person is introvert or extrovert. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) instrument does not measure a person in grid. Therefore, it is imperative to assert that Five Factor Personality is unlike to be the
Generally, Allport argued that there are internal and external drives that attune a person to behave uniquely and he hypothesized that theses impetus are phenotypes and genotypes. He pointed out that phenotypes are external forces that dictates the way a person agrees to his/her environment and the way other people influence his/her behavior. Genotypes internal forces that responsible in how an individual stores information and utilizes it.
Healthy and unhealthy personalities
Sigmund Freud formed psychoanalytic …show more content…
This model entails five core traits that collaborate to form a single personality. These core traits include conscientiousness, agreeable, neuroticism, extraversion and openness (Halverson, Kohnstamm and Martin, 2014). The factor of conscientiousness means to have a tendency to be thorough, reliable, hardworking, organized, ambitious, self-directed, controlled, and punctual. An individual who scores low on consciousness tend to be more like distracted and an individual who scores high tend to be dependable. Agreeable means to have a tendency to be kind-hearted, trusting, conforming, accepting, altruistic, and good natured. Neuroticism is the tendency to be emotionally unstable, anxious, insecure and hostile. Individual with high neuroticism tend to be emotionally or psychologically distressed whereas those with low neuroticism tend to be relaxed. Individuals with high extraversion are perceived to be, talkative, person-oriented, empathetic, optimistic energetic and sociable while those with low extraversion are considered to be reserved and quiet. Lastly, openness to experience is the tendency to be curious, imaginative, and creative and perhaps have unconventional values and beliefs. This particular trait dwells on an individual’s open-mindedness with regards to his/her culture. An individual who …show more content…
Typically, looking at the results, this model only provides a score that establishes your position among other people who have undertaken the same test. I do not think that this test is accurate. The test does not bring out tangible evidence to back the finding. It is vague and shallow. In my view, The Big Five Personality Test does not significantly help hiring companies to hire right individuals. The test results does not have any underlying or does not underscore any known aspect in the sense that it only dependent on the number of the individuals who have done the test. Furthermore, the test limit an individual from determining exact or accurate traits as opposed other personality tests. The fact that the model is predictive or exploratory theory and based on an assumption that that all people have all the five traits, make it ineffective. People do not possess all the traits and hence, the theory does not sufficiently explain all of human personality. Making comparison of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) instrument, the common personality test utilized regularly by many corporations, to the Five Factor Personality test, Myer-Briggs is more precise in establishing personality whether a person is introvert or extrovert. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) instrument does not measure a person in grid. Therefore, it is imperative to assert that Five Factor Personality is unlike to be the