Introduction
Personality traits from the article refer to the individual characteristic patterns that relate to one’s feelings, thoughts, and general conduct. Personality qualities are used to mean stability and constituency, making a person to have a high score on particular traits.
Discussion
The author holds that an individual character can best be described by their personality qualities, demonstrating the most common dimensions that bring differences among people (Diener et al., 2019). From the article, personality traits are seen as a continuous distribution where people tend to have low or high scores in their distinct nature (Diener et al., 2019). In this case, the report highlights stability, consistency, and personal differences as the three primary criteria that describe one’s personality.
The five-factor personality approach has been used to describe individuals’ traits according to their scores. The model uses five significant characteristics and the specific behaviors that characterize each quality. These include openness, neuroticism, extraversion, conscientiousness, and agreeableness. According to the model, each of these traits is assigned to a specific score that is entirely independent (Diener et al., 2019). Moreover, the article gives various facets found in each trait used to provide an accurate description of the person (Diener et al., 2019). However, the author has made it clear that no universally accepted aspects can be used to describe each personality trait.
Conclusion
The article has also given other characteristics apart from the ones described using the five-factor model. Personality qualities include Authoritarianism, Need for Achievement and Cognition, Optimism, Self-esteem, and Alexithymia. Although the use of the five-factor model has been significantly used in research, the additional personality trait helps in giving a clear idea of behaviors as demonstrated by each feature. The author finally warns people from developing a general conclusion of behavior depending on one situation (Diener et al., 2019). It has been made clear that people tend to hold on to a specific personality due to situational factors that mainly influence their behavior.
Reference
Diener, E., Lucas, R. E., & Cummings, J. A. (2019). 16.1 Personality Traits. Introduction to Psychology.