The Big 5 Personality Traits

Laci Green looks at Costa & McCrae's Big 5 Personality Test, exploring how society may affect the expression of personality traits.

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[jayneaaron]

I'm disappointed by how much her tone implies value judgements about the different ends of the Big 5 spectrums. It's obvious what kind of people she/the writers prefer to be around, but for the sake of being informative, couldn't the presentation stand to be a little less biased?

[kellenaghen]

did anyone else notice that for each category the speaker made blatant value judgments and made it obvious which option was better for each one?

[Angi_]

i'm so happy to find someone who knows that being shy and introversion aren't necessarily  the same

[sinSARAHty]

1:40 "They go to a party and they have to recover the next day." I FEEL UNDERSTOOD.

[erinmurphy]

Started the test and I can already see a testing bias that could influence the result. The answers people will have for many of the questions would differ greatly depending upon their mood or present environmental factors.

[broandsis]

Openness= Yes
Conscientiousness= No
Extraversion= No
Agreeableness= Yes
Neuroticism= Yes

[grimmitachi]

Me...
You prefer traditional and familiar experiences. Openness to Experience/Intellect percentile: 12


You probably have a messy desk! Conscientiousness percentile: 0 (lol)


You probably enjoy spending quiet time alone. Extraversion percentile: 15


You tend to consider the feelings of others. Agreeableness percentile: 74


You tend to become anxious or nervous. Neuroticism percentile: 66

[amandabyrd]

Most people don't know but there's a happy medium between introvert and extrovert called "ambivert." I'm absolutely positive that I'm an ambivert. I love being in the company of friends a lot of the time (only one friend at a time, though), I often get sad when I'm alone, I'm loud and attention grabbing, and there's nothing more gratifying than being included in social events. On the flip side, I also tend to find little else in life more gratifying than spending time alone reading, playing video games, reflecting, watching DNews, and sometimes I can't stand the sight or sound of anyone. When I go to parties or am in large social groups, I can hardly speak and I often wander away to be by myself while everyone else congregates and has fun. I just can't stand all that stimuli.

It would be awesome if DNews did a video on ambiverts! The world needs to know more about them :) . Thanks for the awesome vids!

[InnanetSlatt]

I almost completely agree with my first three scores, but I don't agree with the last two. They gave me a low score on agreeableness, which says "High scorers tend to be good natured, sympathetic, forgiving, courteous; Low scorers tend to be critical, rude, harsh, callous." I feel that I have all of the traits of someone with a very high score, but because I acknowledged the fact that I could be very critical, rude, harsh, and callous, and tend to keep these feelings inside. For example, if I'm talking with a friend and they make a judgement based on a rumor someone told them, I'm going to think that person is gullible, and spreads rumors. I believe this to be critical though I don't express it, thus I received a low score on this aspect. The next is Neuroticism, which says "high scorers tend to be nervous, high-strung, insecure, worrying; Low scorers tend to be calm, relaxed, secure, hardy." Again, I feel I have all the qualities of someone with a high score, I am just good a hiding those feelings and doing this despite them. I think because I acknowledged this I received a low score.

[baileyhaas]

thank you so much for this video!! I was struggling in my psychology class, but this really helped me a lot, thank you!!

[Dreq]

neuroticism: 87
extraversion: 1
conscientiousness: 30
openness: 3
agreeableness: 2
yeah, i'm a dick

[emiparisa]

Dayum. I won't lie, I subscribed to this channel because of Laci, but DNews post really interesting videos. There's the social topics; scientific, humorous, general.. I love it.
I'm struggling to decide whether I am an introvert or extrovert, though..

[servals]

I'm open to experiences, kind of conscientious, introverted, pretty agreeable, and kind of relaxed... yay. 

[apostolisparga]

I can't believe your had escaped my notice for so long. Keep up the good work!

[littleblu]

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Does anyone else realize the five personality categories spell out the word Ocean?

[MidnightHro]

I'm 100% openness to experience, love ideas and open to really anything

[louisanbass]

I'm hungry of learning more and more watching these informative and enriching videos. What a good job! DNews, keep doing these videos! I love this content made by yours.

[Sdcombo]

I'm a O65-C3-E22-A50-N80

Don't really believe in these kind of things as I more or less stick to the theory that we all can be who we want to be, whenever we need it or want it badly enough to make it happen.

[Vikermajit]

Thanks for your video, Lacy. The information you provided has helped me in my exam and assignment.

[Plystire]

I'm apparently an asshole, and I'm open to new asshole experiences. Thanks, Internet, just what I needed to feel less high strung!