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EPPP Psychology

Category - Social and Cultural Bases of Behavior

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The Big Five model of personality types is a comprehensive explanation of personality commonly accepted in contemporary psychology. An employee at a large firm who is considered organized and achievement-oriented, conventional, and cautious with new ideas is demonstrating what combination of personality traits?
  1. Low extroversion/high conscientiousness
  2. Low conscientiousness/high neuroticism
  3. High conscientiousness/low openness
  4. High openness/high agreeableness
Explanation
Answer: C - Conscientiousness is marked by organization, self-discipline, responsibility, and planning. Openness is marked by curiosity, interest in new ideas, and imagination, so this individual scores low on the openness scale and high on the conscientiousness scale.
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