Affective Learning

Personality: Different Shades

January 5, 2020
EHL.AI

The five-factor model (FFM) and the OCEAN personality model and the mini-IPIP personality test. The initial model was proposed by Ernest Tupes and Raymond Christal in 1961 and the mini-IPIP scales test by Donnellan MB, Oswald FL, Baird BM, Lucas RE.

The five factors are:

  • Openness to experience (inventive/curious vs. consistent/cautious)
  • Conscientiousness (efficient/organized vs. easy-going/careless)
  • Extraversion (outgoing/energetic vs. solitary/reserved)
  • Agreeableness (friendly/compassionate vs. challenging/detached)
  • Neuroticism (sensitive/nervous vs. secure/confident)

Openness to experience

  • I have excellent ideas.
  • I am quick to understand things.
  • I use difficult words.
  • I am full of ideas.
  • I am not interested in abstractions. (reversed)
  • I do not have a good imagination. (reversed)
  • I have difficulty understanding abstract ideas. (reversed)

Conscientiousness

  • I am always prepared.
  • I pay attention to details.
  • I get chores done right away.
  • I like order.
  • I follow a schedule.
  • I am exacting in my work.
  • I never forget my belongings.
  • I always end up being helpful to most things.
  • I often remember where I last put my things.
  • I give attention to my duties.

Extraversion

  • I am the life of the party.
  • I don’t mind being the center of attention.
  • I feel comfortable around people.
  • I start conversations.
  • I talk to a lot of different people at parties.
  • I don’t talk a lot. (reversed)
  • I think a lot before I speak or act. (reversed)
  • I don’t like to draw attention to myself. (reversed)
  • I am quiet around strangers. (reversed)
  • I have no intention of talking in large crowds. (reversed)

Agreeableness

  • I am interested in people.
  • I sympathize with others’ feelings.
  • I have a soft heart.
  • I take time out for others.
  • I feel others’ emotions.
  • I make people feel at ease.
  • I am not really interested in others. (reversed)
  • I insult people. (reversed)
  • I am not interested in other people’s problems. (reversed)
  • I feel little concern for others. (reversed)

Neuroticism

  • I get irritated easily.
  • I get stressed out easily.
  • I get upset easily.
  • I have frequent mood swings.
  • I worry about things.
  • I am much more anxious than most people.[53]
  • I am relaxed most of the time. (reversed)
  • I seldom feel blue. (reversed)