Personality Development

Personality Development 2(1+1)

Lesson 5 : Development of Personality- Trait Perspective

The big five factor theory

Personality traits have been measured by many psychologists and many traits have been identified to describe personality, the field of trait measurement has been scattered and psychologists in general agreed that there were few traits that could discriminate different personalities across large groups of people. This understanding came with analyzing a number of studies. These were identified as the big five factors.

1. Agreeableness & Conscientiousness
2. Extroversion & Neuroticism
3. Openness to experience