AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

BIOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Juan is generally pleasant, but during big tests he experiences more intense stress than other students experience. He is irritable and easily frustrated. According to the Big Five model of personality, John would be
A
high in introversion
B
high in neuroticism
C
high in conscientiousness
D
low in agreeableness
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Big Five evaluates personality by measuring-as the name suggests-five personality traits: openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism, each on a continuous scale.

Detailed explanation-2: -The five broad personality traits described by the theory are extraversion (also often spelled extroversion), agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism. The five basic personality traits is a theory developed in 1949 by D. W.

Detailed explanation-3: -Neuroticism, one of the Big 5 personality traits, is typically defined as a tendency toward anxiety, depression, self-doubt, and other negative feelings. All personality traits, including neuroticism, exist on a spectrum-some people are just much more neurotic than others.

Detailed explanation-4: -Personality traits are understood as patterns of thought, feeling, and behaviour that are relatively enduring across an individual’s life span. The traits that constitute the five-factor model are extraversion, neuroticism, openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness.

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