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Assignment: Characteristics of the Five-Factor Model
Introduction
The five-factor model of personality is based on the following five broad domains or dimensions of human personality:
a) Openness.
b) Conscientiousness.
c) Extraversion.
d) Agreeableness.
e) Neuroticism.
The five-factor model is a widely used approach to analyzing personality traits, and is useful in the understanding of personality disorders as variants of normal personality. In this assignment, you will write a paper that demonstrates your understanding of the five-factor model. You will describe the five factors in depth, compare them, give examples of each, and evaluate how the model contributes to our understanding of personality development.
Task
Question I. In 4 to 5 pages, analyze the five-factor model of personality. In this section of your paper:
Question 1. Describe and compare the factors. Provide the etiology of and scholarly basis for each factor, and compare the factors with each other. Integrate at least five scholarly sources as appropriate into the description and comparison.
Question 2. Provide a real-life example of how each factor can manifest behaviorally.
Question II. In 1 to 2 pages, evaluate how the five-factor model of personality contributes to our understanding of personality development.