the big five

Me to Me, age 16

1) Neuroticism: I am even tempered.
2) Extroversion: I prefer social settings.
3) Openness: I keep my feelings close.
4) Agreeableness: I get along with people.
5) Conscientiousness: I usually complete my work on time, however, I procrastinate till the last minute.

Me to Boyfriend, age 17

1) Neuroticism: He is even tempered.
2) Extroversion: He prefers social settings.
3) Openness: He keeps his feelings close.
4) Agreeableness: He gets along with people.
5) Conscientiousness: He completes his work on time.

Boyfriend to Himself, age 17

1) Neuroticism: He says he is even tempered.
2) Extroversion: He says he prefers social settings to solitary settings.
3) Openness: He says he keeps his feelings close, but often expresses himself to his closest friends
4) Agreeableness: He says he gets along with other people.
5) Conscientiousness: He says he procrastinates a lot, but if very reliable.

Boyfriend to Me, age 16

1) Neuroticism: He believes I am even tempered.
2) Extroversion: He believes I prefer social settings.
3) Openness: He believes I keep my feelings to myself.
4) Agreeableness: He believes I get along with people.
5) Conscientiousness: He believes I am reliable.

-The ratings that my boyfriend and I made about me are almost exactly the same. However, for the conscientious trait, it was a little bit different. My boyfriend believes that I am reliable because I usually get things done when asked, but he did not say anything about my procrastination when asked.

-These results relate to research on personality traits because it shows that people can have a lot of the same traits.

-Therapists and counselors may imply that although we have some different or same personality traits, what really decides for us is our experiences, surroundings, influences, etc. we grew up around.

- What I learned out of this survey of my boyfriend and me, is that we are very close in personality traits. When I asked him more about this, what surprised me is that our parents had a lot of the same rules while we were growing up. Therefore, that could have contributed to our personality traits being similar.