Personality Traits

Personality Traits

                        Personality traits reflect peoples characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings and  behaviours. Personality traits imply consistency and stability.an individual’s behavior towards others,attitude,characteristics, mindset makes his personality. The big five personality traits have an impact on individual difference as well as contributing positively to an  individuals                 The following are the big five personality traits

Openness

Openness is one of the big five personality traits. This trait has some characteristics such as insight and  imagination. The people who have this trait will also be open minded and have interests in knowing and learning about the world around them as well and learn new things and also new experiences that they encounter( Deesilatham, S., & Hosany, S. 2018, June).. This trait will contribute positively to individual performance where by a student possessing this trait will excel in his academics because they will always be willing to learn new things especially education wise and also they will always be open to new ideas and concepts that they encounter every day in the learning context.

Conscientiousness

This is the second trait among the big five personality traits and it has the characteristics which include thoughtfulness, good impulse control, and goal oriented behaviors. People who have this trait will always be mindful of details and they are always careful and mindful about how their behavior might affect others.(Petelle, M. B., Martin, J. G., & Blumstein, D. T. 2019).  Individuals who tend to have this trait thus are quiet  advantageous and it will influence their performance in academics where by they will always be organized  and mindful in everything they do in school for example doing what is expected of them always which include doing the school assignments and also they will tend to relate with other well. These individuals will also manage their time well and this is vital to any student because for academic performance and success managing your time is vital.

Conclusion

In conclusion, personality traits are important and they always play an important role as far as individual performance in academics and other fields is concerned.

References

Deesilatham, S., & Hosany, S. (2018, June). SEGMENTING MEDITATION TOURISTS BY LIFESTYLE CONGRUENCE, PERSONALITY TRAITS AND WELLNESS RELATED SELF-IMAGE. In 8th ADVANCES IN HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT (AHTMM) CONFERENCE (p. 767).

Mõttus, R., Kandler, C., Bleidorn, W., Riemann, R., & McCrae, R. R. (2017). Personality traits below facets: The consensual validity, longitudinal stability, heritability, and utility of personality nuances. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 112(3), 474.

Petelle, M. B., Martin, J. G., & Blumstein, D. T. (2019). Mixed support for state maintaining risky personality traits in yellow-bellied marmots. Animal behaviour, 150, 177-188.