Conscientiousness

Wickman, S. (2005). An examination of the five factors of personality, pubertal onset and alcohol usage in adolescent males. Masters theses & specialist projects. Paper 981. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu.libsrv.wku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1984&context=theses This study was conducted to determine the combined effects of early pubertal onset and certain personality characteristics on the alcohol usage demonstrated by adolescent males. The subjects for this study were 100 males in the…

This model covers five broad personality dimensions: extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness to experience (Furnham et al., 2013). In comparison, it becomes evident that the constructs do overlap, however cannot be considered equivalent due to their distinct correlates (Paulhus et al., 2001). Although all three…

Our favorite serial killer is awkwardly witty and charming in a way that can’t be explained. He’s the person we all cheered for and never wanted to get caught. Dexter Morgan is forensic analyst specializing in blood splatter for the Miami Metro Police Department. He was adopted by a popular and well decorated police officer named Harry Morgan and his wife who already had a daughter named Debra Morgan. When Harry was raising Dexter, he realized that he was different from the other children. Once…

Understanding your personality type is vital to your success with working with other in your career, connecting with family at home and for critical thinking throughout our life. This was something I did not put a great deal of though into before starting the Organizational Behavior for Mangers course. I feel I am pretty confident in my behaviors in my career and was looking forward to picking up new techniques that I could put into play while leading others at work. During this weeks assessment…

A Study of Neuroticism in Psychological Literature Every individual’s personality is composed of a variety of different traits each of different strengths. Neuroticism is one such trait that encompasses a large portion of my personality. Neuroticism as a personality trait can generally be defined as emotionality. Two perspectives of psychology will be mentioned in this essay regarding the trait of neuroticism: The biological perspective and the trait perspective. The goal of this paper is to…

Leaders have the opportunity to lead a group of people in whichever way they chose fit. How one does so, and the way one conducts themselves in doing so is more important. I believe the strengths in which one is naturally effective, as a person is the way one should lean to. While always working and improving the skills in which one struggles in, to become a better leader and manager. In chapter two the author states seven key skills for a sports manager: Those key skills include people skills…

In order to study personality, psychologists devised a plan to qualitatively measure the traits that differentiate humans from one another. The Big Five Factor Model provides a concise measurement of five basic human qualities that most every person possesses. These qualities fluctuate throughout life and the quiz seeks to measure these changes throughout development. While the conclusions made based off this model are generalizations, it provides a clear view of how certain personality traits…

workplace, and dating. Why would anyone favor a more assertive personality, over an altruistic one? According to Psychology Today, when it comes to dating, most women see altruistic qualities as a constellation of traits that prioritize kindness, conscientiousness, warmth, and respect—but when it comes to romantic interests, nice can be a shorthand antonym for bold, strong, or sexy, instead meaning “needy, weak, predictable, boring, inexperienced, and unattractive” (Herold & Milhausen, 1999). …

In the 1940s, Raymond Cattell was able to take Allport’s 4000 traits and boil it down through factor analysis. Factor analysis refers to the mathematical consolidation of commonly appearing variables and the summarising of correlating data. He used factor analysis to eliminate synonyms and the very rare or unused traits (Friedman & Schustack, 2014). Cattell was able to reduce the list of traits from over 4000 to 16 personality variables. This reduction in personality variables was attributed to…

conducted a specific study that resonated the findings by Anusic and Schimmack, but it focused on the Big Five personality traits. The Big Five personality traits consist of Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness to Experience, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness. Rantanen et al. (2007) studied adults between ages of 33 and 42 and concentrated on rank-order stability, which explains a person’s position within a personality trait group in comparison to…