Donald Trump: The First Two Levels From Dan Mcadam

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Donald Trump is most recently known as a candidate for the presidential election this year, 2016. Trump is sometimes seen as very controversial with his political standpoints, how he addresses certain people and topics, as well as his opinions and aggressiveness on certain matters. Trump can be, and sometimes is, seen as crude, irrational, and arrogant. On the contrary, some people believe him to be innovative, practical, and intelligent on his viewpoints and opinions of different topics. In this paper, I will be discussing the first two levels from Dan McAdam’s. On level one I will be arguing that Donald Trump exhibits high extraversion personality and on level two I will be arguing that Trump’s personality is the way that it is because of his personal experiences and concerns. …show more content…

371). These are based on the Big Five scale of personality traits. Based on my view of Donald Trump, I believe his traits would include the following: talkative, assertive, ambitious, sociable, bold, practical, and analytical. These traits that can be seen in Trump are prime examples of his main personality: extraversion. Trump’s personality is extremely high in extraversion. Trump tends to stay as the center of attention especially if it will lead to him being at the top of the political polls or earning more votes for the election. On the contrary, Donald Trump’s traits would be low in neuroticism or agreeableness because he does not or barely exhibits the characteristics of these personality