People that score high on this are organized, methodical and tend to keep going and going. Possible facets:<ul><li>Competence: they complete tasks successfully</li><li>Order: they like order</li><li>Dutifulness: the follow the rules</li><li>Achievement-striving: they work hard</li><li>Self-discipline: they get chores done right away</li><li>Deliberation: they avoid mistakes.</li></ul>

Conscientiousness

It describes people who enjoy the arts and new experiences. Possible facets:<ul><li>Fantasy: they have a vivid imagination</li><li>Aesthetics: they believe in the importance of art</li><li>Feelings: They experience emotions intensely</li><li>Actions: They prefer variety to routine</li><li>Ideas: they like complex problems</li><li>Values: they tend to vote for liberals.</li></ul>

Openness to Experience

This is about the degree of sociability, and one's source of energy and excitement. Possible facets:<ul><li>Warmth: you make friends easily</li><li>Gregariousness: you love large parties</li><li>Assertiveness: you  take charge</li><li>Activity: you are always busy</li><li>Excitement-seeking: you love the excitement</li><li>Positive Emotions: you radiate joy.</li></ul>

Extraversion

It represents the 5 personality traits psychologists use today:<div><ul><li>Openness to experiences</li><li>Conscientiousness</li><li>Extraversion</li><li>Agreeableness</li><li>Neuroticism</li></ul>Each personality trait is characterized by 6 individual facets. </div>

The Big Five

It describes people that are tolerant, honest and get along well with others. Possible facets:<ul><li>Trust: they trust others</li><li>Compliance: they would never cheat on taxes</li><li>Altruism: they make people feel welcome</li><li>Straightforwardness: they are easy to satisfy</li><li>Modesty: they dislike being center of attention</li><li>Tender-mindedness: they sympathize with the homeless.</li></ul>

Agreeableness

People who score high on this are vulnerable to frequent strong negative emotions. Possible facets: <ul><li>Anxiety: they worry about things</li><li>Hostility: they get angry easily</li><li>Depression: they often feel blue</li><li>Self-consciousness: they are easily intimidated</li><li>Impulsiveness: they eat too much</li><li>Vulnerability: they panic easily.</li></ul>

Neuroticism

At the topmost level, there are two types of people in the world: Those who think personality types can be categorized and those who can't. Among those in the first group are psychologists who began developing a system for classifying personality traits based on an analysis of language way back in the 1880s.

Conscientiousness

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