Five Personality Traits in a Big Five Model

Which of the following is not an established alternative label for the relevant Big Five factor?

• Extraversion and ‘Surgency’

• Conscientiousness and ‘Morality’

• Neuroticism and ‘Emotional instability’

• Openness to Experience and ‘Culture’

A person is described as ‘moody’ and ‘hostile’. In Big Five terms, they might be characterized as …

• low in Extraversion and low in Agreeableness

• high in Neuroticism and low in Agreeableness

• low in Extraversion and low in Conscientiousness

• high in Neuroticism and low in Conscientiousness

Which of the following statements correctly describes the relationships between Big Five traits and emotion dimensions?

• Extraversion is related to more positive affect and Neuroticism to more negative affect

• Extraversion is related to more positive affect and Neuroticism to less positive affect

• Extraversion is related to less negative affect and Neuroticism to less positive affect

• Extraversion is related to less negative affect and Neuroticism to more negative affect

What combination of Big Five personality characteristics is associated with authoritarian tendencies?

• Low Agreeableness and high Conscientiousness

• Low Openness and high Conscientiousness

• High Neuroticism and low Agreeableness

• Low Openness and high Neuroticism

Janice is friendly, always willing to help others and compassionate. We would expect Janice to score highly on:

• extraversion

• agreeableness

• neuroticism

• openness to experience

Talkative vs. silent; frank, open vs. secretive; adventurous vs. cautious; sociable vs. reclusive, these traits describe which dimension of personality?

• Agreeableness

• Conscientiousness

• Extraversion

• Emotional Stability

From the Big Five personality dimensions, behaviors such as speaking fluently, displaying ambition, and exhibiting a high degree of intelligence is

• Agreeableness

• Openness

• Extraversion

• Conscientiousness

The _______________ dimension of the Five Factor Model describes the extent to which people are outgoing or shy

• agreeableness

• extraversion

• neuroticism

• openness

Katy is constantly worrying about things, even though she really doesn't have anything to worry about. She is also very insecure and can become very upset when she thinks her friends are making a joke about her. If Katy took the NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R), she would likely have a ____________ score on the ____________ dimension.

• high; neuroticism

• high; conscientiousness

• low; neuroticism

• low; conscientiousness

Most of Freddie's relationships with other people are hostile. He frequently gets in fights with strangers and even close friends. According to the Five Factor Model of personality, Freddie is likely low on the ____________ dimension.

• openness

• conscientiousness

• neuroticism

• agreeableness