Big 5 Personality Test Assignment Instructions:
Chapter 13 introduces you to the five-factor trait model and describes the five dimensions of personality (also known as the Big Five).
The chapter also discusses research findings on stability and change in personality across adulthood.
Take the version of a Big Five personality test linked below and write an essay in which you describe your results and evaluate how accurate you believe the results to be.
Test Instructions:
Go to the following website to take the IPIP-NEO personality test:
http://www.personal.psu.edu/%7Ej5j/IPIP/ipipneo120.htm
(The IPIP-NEO, International Personality Item Pool – Neuroticism, Extraversion & Openness, is a personality questionnaire that assesses people on the Big Five model (created by Costa & McCrae).
It is a scientifically based test of personality traits and is generally accepted worldwide as one of the more highly regarded and accurate personality questionnaires.)
Two check boxes that must be checked to continue to the test.
No personally identifying information is required.
Answer the 120 questions.
Read your IPIP-NEO Narrative Report which describes your results for each of the five broad personality domains of the Five-Factor Model.
Essay Instructions:
Write an essay in which you describe your results and discuss whether you believe the results to be accurate.
Describe your results.
Indicate whether your results said you were low, average, or high for each of the 5 dimensions.
Discuss several of the subdomains/facets that stood out to you for of each of the five dimensions.
Evaluate your results.
Do the results seem to be a true reflection of your personality based on what you believe about yourself? Explain.
The textbook describes research related to personality stability and change.
o If you are in middle adulthood, do you feel that your personality has changed or remained the same across your adulthood life so far? Explain.
o If you are still in adolescence or young adulthood, do you foresee your personality
changing at all across adulthood or remaining relatively stable? What factors may
influence your personality development in adulthood?
Organize your paragraphs by domain. In each paragraph discuss one of the Big Five including overall results for that domain, a few subdomains, and how well you believe the results describe you.