Trait Approach
Extraversion
Lonzo scored in the 62nd percentiles for Extraversion. According to this, his score in extraversion is average, “indicating that he is neither a subdued loner nor a jovial chatterbox” (IPIP-NEO). Lonzo enjoys time with others but also enjoys time alone. This is incredibly accurate. Lonzo built his value for alone time from growing up as an only child. He learned to be content with being alone, and he enjoys spending time by himself just relaxing or reflecting. Right now, Lonzo lives in a fraternity house, so he is constantly surrounded by people and doesn’t get much alone time. To compensate for this, he likes to go to the library by himself or shoot hoops outside alone just to unwind. However, being with people …show more content…
Lonzo’s high level of agreeableness “indicates a strong interest in others’ needs and well-being.” He is “pleasant, sympathetic, and cooperative” (IPIP-NEO). This is true. If he sees someone struggling with a problem he can’t resist trying to help them or give them advice. For example, his roommate, Max, was struggling to make an application for an opportunity in the business school, so he sat down with him for half an hour and helped him make it. Lonzo also shows a lot of sympathy. With the hardships and family deaths that he has faced in his life he finds himself to be very empathetic with people who face similar events. He also hates to see people sad. When his dad’s brother died, even though he was really sad too, he acted positive and tried his hardest to make his dad laugh as much as he could. He also fancies himself to be a cooperative person. An example would be when he is on dish duty at his fraternity with his pledge brother, Scott. He came up with a system where he would sweep the floor while Scott holds the dust pan, and he would load the dishwasher while Scott sprayed plates down. He likes to do whatever is needed to reach the end goal and avoid conflict at all costs. To a fault, he places a lot of trust into people, with a score of 98 in this facet. For example, his fraternity had a sorority over at his house and when a girl he had never met before asked to borrow his shirt, he trusted her and …show more content…
This indicates that “his level of emotional reactivity is typical of the general population. Stressful and frustrating situations are somewhat upsetting to him, but he is generally able to get over these feelings and cope with these situations” (IPIP-NEO). According to the test his anxiety levels rank in the 93rd percentile. I don’t think his anxiety levels are that high, but he definitely stresses out a lot. Lonzo tend to worry just a little too much and stress himself out a lot about things such as grades, even though they’re fine. Another facet where he scored high was in Vulnerability at the 90th percentile. There’s only one time in his life where he thinks this score would be accurate, and that is when he played varsity basketball in high school. Sometimes before games he would get in his head so much that he would just feel super low energy and panic. He would come out of the locker room and see the big crowd and kind of just shut down and play bad. Lonzo’s lowest score was in Anger at the 34th percentile. This is incredibly accurate as he pretty much never gets angry at anyone, or at least express it. A recent example of this is when he returned to KU from fall break, he noticed that someone had eaten all the candy in my room. Instead of getting angry he just looked at it as he wasn’t tempted to eat anymore sweets. All in all, Lonzo does experience symptoms of high neuroticism but for the most part he is able
Extraversion
Lonzo scored in the 62nd percentiles for Extraversion. According to this, his score in extraversion is average, “indicating that he is neither a subdued loner nor a jovial chatterbox” (IPIP-NEO). Lonzo enjoys time with others but also enjoys time alone. This is incredibly accurate. Lonzo built his value for alone time from growing up as an only child. He learned to be content with being alone, and he enjoys spending time by himself just relaxing or reflecting. Right now, Lonzo lives in a fraternity house, so he is constantly surrounded by people and doesn’t get much alone time. To compensate for this, he likes to go to the library by himself or shoot hoops outside alone just to unwind. However, being with people …show more content…
Lonzo’s high level of agreeableness “indicates a strong interest in others’ needs and well-being.” He is “pleasant, sympathetic, and cooperative” (IPIP-NEO). This is true. If he sees someone struggling with a problem he can’t resist trying to help them or give them advice. For example, his roommate, Max, was struggling to make an application for an opportunity in the business school, so he sat down with him for half an hour and helped him make it. Lonzo also shows a lot of sympathy. With the hardships and family deaths that he has faced in his life he finds himself to be very empathetic with people who face similar events. He also hates to see people sad. When his dad’s brother died, even though he was really sad too, he acted positive and tried his hardest to make his dad laugh as much as he could. He also fancies himself to be a cooperative person. An example would be when he is on dish duty at his fraternity with his pledge brother, Scott. He came up with a system where he would sweep the floor while Scott holds the dust pan, and he would load the dishwasher while Scott sprayed plates down. He likes to do whatever is needed to reach the end goal and avoid conflict at all costs. To a fault, he places a lot of trust into people, with a score of 98 in this facet. For example, his fraternity had a sorority over at his house and when a girl he had never met before asked to borrow his shirt, he trusted her and …show more content…
This indicates that “his level of emotional reactivity is typical of the general population. Stressful and frustrating situations are somewhat upsetting to him, but he is generally able to get over these feelings and cope with these situations” (IPIP-NEO). According to the test his anxiety levels rank in the 93rd percentile. I don’t think his anxiety levels are that high, but he definitely stresses out a lot. Lonzo tend to worry just a little too much and stress himself out a lot about things such as grades, even though they’re fine. Another facet where he scored high was in Vulnerability at the 90th percentile. There’s only one time in his life where he thinks this score would be accurate, and that is when he played varsity basketball in high school. Sometimes before games he would get in his head so much that he would just feel super low energy and panic. He would come out of the locker room and see the big crowd and kind of just shut down and play bad. Lonzo’s lowest score was in Anger at the 34th percentile. This is incredibly accurate as he pretty much never gets angry at anyone, or at least express it. A recent example of this is when he returned to KU from fall break, he noticed that someone had eaten all the candy in my room. Instead of getting angry he just looked at it as he wasn’t tempted to eat anymore sweets. All in all, Lonzo does experience symptoms of high neuroticism but for the most part he is able