lpetrich
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I mentioned the Big Five model earlier in Theories of personality ( Big Five personality traits, Hierarchical structure of the Big Five)
Personality Neuroscience #5: The biological causes of Openness
Personality Neuroscience #6: The biological causes of Conscientiousness
Personality Neuroscience #7: The biological causes of Extraversion
Personality Neuroscience #8: The biological causes of Agreeableness
Personality Neuroscience #9: The biological causes of Neuroticism
- Openness to experience (inventive/curious vs. consistent/cautious)
- Conscientiousness (efficient/organized vs. easy-going/careless)
- Extraversion (outgoing/energetic vs. solitary/reserved) (often spelled "extroversion")
- Agreeableness (friendly/compassionate vs. analytical/detached)
- Neuroticism (sensitive/nervous vs. secure/confident) (may also be called emotional (in)stability)
- Stability - "Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that is known to stabilize information, disrupt impulses, and allow you to focus on goals."
- Neuroticism: (-) emotional stability
- Conscientiousness: motivational stability
- Agreeableness: social stability
- Plasticity - "Dopamine is a different neurotransmitter that facilitates exploration, learning, and cognitive flexibility. It controls your sensitivity to rewards and potential rewards."
- Extroversion
- Openness
- Openness - An individual’s ability and tendency to explore and create new experiences, manifesting curiosity, imagination, perception, and creativity.
- Intellect, which refers to cognitive engagement with abstract information and ideas.
- Openness to experience, which refers to cognitive engagement with perceptual and sensory information.
- Conscientiousness - An individual’s ability and tendency to pursue non-immediate goals and follow a set of rules (either self-imposed or imposed by others).
- Industriousness, which refers to the ability to suppress disruptive impulses and pursue non-immediate goals
- Orderliness, which refers to the ability to adopt and follow rules (either self-imposed or imposed by others).
- Extroversion - An individual’s ability and tendency to explore, interact, and engage with external rewards (including social, material, and experiential rewards).
- Assertiveness, which refers to incentive reward sensitivity - drive toward goals.
- Enthusiasm, which refers to consummatory reward sensitivity - enjoyment of actual or imagined goal attainment.
- Agreeableness - An individual’s ability and tendency to understand the perspectives of others and adjust their behavior to accommodate them.
- Compassion, which refers to emotional attachment to and concern for others.
- Politeness, which refers to the tendency to suppress and avoid impulses that are aggressive or violate norms.
- Neuroticism - An individual’s tendency to experience feelings like anxiety, fear, anger, and panic.
- Volatility, which refers to active defense to avoid or eliminate threats.
- Withdrawal, which refers to passive avoidance: inhibition of goals, interpretations, and strategies, in response to uncertainty or error.
Personality Neuroscience #5: The biological causes of Openness
Personality Neuroscience #6: The biological causes of Conscientiousness
Personality Neuroscience #7: The biological causes of Extraversion
Personality Neuroscience #8: The biological causes of Agreeableness
Personality Neuroscience #9: The biological causes of Neuroticism
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