Describe a friend using Allport's trait theory, including common traits and the three types of individual traits; then describe this friend's personality using the five dimensions of the Big Five Personality Model

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

include a description of common traits and the three individual traits: cardinal, central, and secondary traits of the friend. The common traits named should reflect the individual's culture, while the core of the personality will be reflected by a listing of central traits, such as cheerful, optimistic, intelligent, etc. The secondary traits will describe more superficial traits, such as food or political preferences. The friend may or may not have any cardinal traits, which are characteristics that are overwhelmingly dominant. Using the five-factor model of personality, your answer should include a rating of your friend's personality, whether high or low, on each of these dimensions: (1) Extroversion: whether your friend is more extroverted or more introverted; (2) Agreeable: whether your friend is friendly, nurturant, or caring as opposed to being cold, indifferent, self-centered, or spiteful; (3) Conscientious: whether your friend is self-disciplined, responsible, and achieving as opposed to being irresponsible, careless, and undependable; (4) Neuroticism: whether your friend tends to be anxious, emotionally irritable, and unhappy or the opposite, emotionally stable; and (5) Openness to experience: whether your friend is intelligent and creative or is conventional and not open to new ideas.