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Five Factor Model

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. There are a lot of models take about personality. Some of these models are acceptable more than others.[1] One of the most notable model today in psychology is the five-factor model of personality. The five factor models describe human personality, and develop understanding of personality. [1]The five-factor model define five major traits that are neuroticism, agreeableness, extraversion, conscientiousness and openness to experience. [1] These five traits are difference in personality across individuals and each of them has some characteristic.[1] First, neuroticism show the individual differences in unfavorable emotion response to challenges. Persons who have high neuroticism are usually sensitive, feel personally inadequate, and self-critical. …show more content…

[1] Furthermore, persons low in agreeableness are more aggressive and less cooperative. [4] Forth, Conscientiousness show how persons care about others opinion and emotion when they make decisions. [1]In addition, people with Conscientiousness tend to be organized, dependable, and purposeful. [4]Fifth, openness show how willing people make modifications in ideas and activities in conformity with new notions or situation. [1] All the last three traits, which is agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness, are familiar for people who are outside the realm of psychology. Additionally, Personality can affected by some factor, which are families caring and birth order. First, for each person, family is the first communicate to the society and home is where the personality is made. Family environment play essential role in personality. [5] Second, studying of how birth order impact personality has been interesting in psychology for that Psychologist try to understand the effect of birth order in personality from 100 years ago.[ ]Few psychologist said birth order does not affect personality and there is no relationship between them. [ …show more content…

For that, the firstborns are always good-looking and more athletic. They learn the concept of control at young age. Therefore, they tend to assist, protect, and lead others. The first-born usually have a fear of losing the top position that effect their personality and make them more strict. In addition, only children or firstborns who do not have siblings (lack of subsequent siblings). Because the only children spend most of their time with adults, they are mature for their age. [6] The studies show that the only children are achiever, more creative, persevering. If the only children are spoiled as lastborn, they could be selfish. [7] Some only children do not like to share their emotional attention and material belonging with others. [8] Middle children feel lost between the older children who found their place and youngest children who receive love and attention from their parents. Middle children sometime tend to be discourage and view themselves as neglected. On the other hand, this assumption is less in large family when more than one children share the role of middle child. However, middle children often become creative, and well adjusted.

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