I think the psychological concept I will remember five years from now is the Big Five Model of Personality. For one thing, we spent a lot of time talking about personality, and even took an online survey to find out our individual scores for each trait. After taking mine, I was completely shocked by how accurately the results described my personality. More importantly, I was shocked by how different my scores were from my classmates. I scored extremely high in conscientiousness (33) and neuroticism (10), and scored low in extroversion. Once I overcame the shock, though, I remember thinking to myself "Yeah, that makes sense". I suddenly was able to understand why I get so anxious, moody, and tense when things in my life get crazy. I was also able to understand why I prefer to stay home and read a book on the weekends. According to Professor Simpson, introverted people require less stimulation than extraverted people to feel normal. If I were to go skydiving, I would most likely have a panic attack or pass out because I would be receiving WAY too much stimulation. I think the reason I will remember the Big 5 is because I am going to have these traits my entire life. Even though they are traits that everyone has, they are unique to me in some extent. The Big 5 helped clarify who I am, something that every college student spends years trying to figure out. Whenever I get super anxious, or spend an evening with a Jane Austen novel, I'm going to remember my Big 5 scores and think "Yeah, that makes sense".
High 5 to the Big 5
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I also agree with the comment about all of us having the these traits, yet they are unique to each one of us. I think it is something that all should understand because it helps us understand ourselves better and why we are how we are. I think although the scores may vary every time they are pretty spot on, at least for me. I understand more that I really do enjoy adventure and being around a lot of people, yet I still love having some peace and quiet!
While reading this section in the chapter, I thought it was interesting how we are all unique and all have our own personality traits. When we all were in discussion and got separated into our separate groups, i thought it was interesting to interact with people who scored similar to us and look at other groups who had different personality traits than us. This just proves that all of us are unique and have something different about us other than just appearance.
Going off what quint said, it's cool how even though everyone has all 5 traits, they're present in your personality at different levels. With all these different possible combinations of personality scores, you get all these unique personalities.
Yeah this makes sense. I agree that the personality test that we took was extremely accurate and it is something that I will not soon forget.
I agree with the comments about uniqueness but its also nice to know that I'm not the only one that acts a certain way to different situations!
I liked how you said that everyone has the traits, they aer still unique to you. It's an obvious point, yet I still never thought of it that way. I too am fairly introverted and I always was a little ashamed because I was never as outgoing as everyone else, but through studying the Big 5 I have learned that there is nothing wrong with being an introvert. We just enjoy peace and relaxation more than adrenline pumping events!