Speakout Advanced p 13. Personality Traits. Extra Listening

FIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS OF TOM CRUISE, PARIS HILTON AND MICHAEL JACKSON

Openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism

1. What is special about the “big five”?

2. Tick or cross the box depending on whether these three famous people possess or lack the following personality traits:

PERSONALITY TRAITS 

TOM CRUISE:

OPENNESS
CONSCIENTIOUSNESS
EXTRAVERSION
AGREEABLENESS
NEUROTICISM

PARIS HILTON

OPENNESS
CONSCIENTIOUSNESS
EXTRAVERSION
AGREEABLENESS
NEUROTICISM

MICHAEL JACKSON

OPENNESS
CONSCIENTIOUSNESS
EXTRAVERSION
AGREEABLENESS
NEUROTICISM




KEY



1. They are used by psychologists across cultures.



2.

PERSONALITY TRAITS 
TOM CRUISE:
OPENNESS: X
CONSCIENTIOUSNESS: √
EXTRAVERSION: √
AGREEABLENESS: X
NEUROTICISM: √

PARIS HILTON
OPENNESS: √
CONSCIENTIOUSNESS: X
EXTRAVERSION: √
AGREEABLENESS: √
NEUROTICISM: X

MICHAEL JACKSON
OPENNESS: X
CONSCIENTIOUSNESS: X
EXTRAVERSION: X
AGREEABLENESS: X
NEUROTICISM: √