Basic Personality?

Basic Personality?
Instrument
Listed below is a set of 15 adjective pairs. For each, select the number along the scale (you must
choose a whole number) that most closely describes you or your preferences.
1. Quiet 1 2 (3D 4 s Talkative
2. Tolerant 1 ® 3 4 5 Critical
v 3. Disorganized 1 2 3 4 @ Organized
4. Tense 1 2 4 5 ‘ Calm
5. Imaginative 1 2 4 5 Conventional
J 6. Reserved 1 2 4 5 Outgoing
x 7. Uncooperative 1 2 3 GD 5 Cooperative
J 8. Unreliable 1 2 3 4 © Dependable
9. Insecure 1 2 3 © 5 Secure
1 10. New 1 2 C3) 4 ‘ 5 Familiar
I 11. Sociable 1 C2) 3 5 Loner
12. Suspicious 1 2 3 6 5 Trusting
13. Undirected 1 2 3 0 5 Goal-oriented
l4. Enthusiastic I Q) 3 4 5 Depressed
15. Change 1 2 3 @ 5 Status-quo
Source: Based on O.P. John, “The ‘Big Five’ Factor Taxonomy: Dimensions of Personality in
the Natural Language and in Questionnaires,” in L.A. Pervin (ed.), Handbook of Personality
Theory and Research (New York: Guilford Press, 1990), pp. 66-100; and D.L. Formy-Duval,
J.B. Williams, D.J. Patterson, and BB. Fogle, “A-‘Big Five’ Scoring System for the Item Pool of
the Adjective Check List,” Journal of Personality Assessment, Vol 65, 1995, pp. 59-76.
Scoring Key
To calculate your personality score, add up your points as follows (reverse scoring those items
marked with an asterisk):
Items 1, 6, and 11*. This is your extraversion score. /0
Items 2*, 7, and 12. This is your agreeableness score. I2
Items 3, 8, and 13. This is your conscientiousness score. 14
Items 4, 9, and 14*. This is your emotional stability score. II
Items 5*, 10*, and 15*. This is your openness-to-eXperience score. 8
Analysis and Interpretation
The five-factor model of personality-often referred to as the Big Five-has an impressive body-
of research supporting that five basic personality dimensions underlie human behavior. These
five dimensions are defined as follows:
Extraversion – Someone who is sociable, talkative, and assertive. High scores indicate
Map/mfg“ (f O) you’re an extravert; low scores indicate you’re an introvert.
Agreeableness – Someone who is good-natured, cooperative, and trusting. This is a

measure of your propensity to defer to others. High scores indicate you value harmony; low
scores indicate you prefer having your say or way on issues.

Conscientiousness – Someone who is responsible, dependable, persistent, and
achievement oriented. High scores indicate that you pursue fewer goals in a purposeful way;
while low scores indicate that you’re more easily distracted, pursue many goals, and are more
hedonistic.

Emotional stability – Someone who is calm, enthusiastic, and secure. High scores
indicate positive emotional stability, with low scores indicating negative emotional stability.

Openness to experience – Someone who is imaginative, artistically sensitive, and
intellectual. High scores indicate you have a wide range of interests and a fascination with
novelty and innovation; low scores indicate you’re more conventional and find comfort in the
familiar.

What defines a high or low score? No definite cutoffs are available. However, reasonable
cutoffs for each dimension would be 12-1 5 points = high; 7-11 = moderate; and 3-6 = low.

The most impressive evidence relates to the conscientiousness dimension. Studies show
that conscientiousness predicts job performance for all occupational groups. The preponderance
of evidence indicates that individuals who are dependable, reliable, thorough, organized, able to
plan, and persistent (that is, high on conscientiousness) tend to have higher job performance in
most if not all occupations. In addition, individuals who score high in conscientiousness develop
higher levels of job knowledge, probably because highly conscientious people exert greater
levels of efiort on their job. The higher levels of job knowledge then contribute to higher levels
of job performance.

Other insights from your scores: High scores on extraversion indicate you may be suited
to a managerial or sales position. These occupations require high social interaction. And high
scores on openness-to-experience is a good predictor of your ability to achieve significant
benefits from training efforts.

 
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