AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Openness is how open-minded, imaginative, creative and insightful a person is or can be. More open minded people tend to prefer variety, seek new experiences and are curious and perceptive to their environment. Less open minded people tend to avoid change, dislike disruption and focus on a few specific interests.

Detailed explanation-2: -An example of openness is someone who’s always trying something new. Every time you go out to eat, they get a different dish just to find out. They’re always meeting new people and display very liberal ideas about society.

Detailed explanation-3: -Many contemporary personality psychologists believe that there are five basic dimensions of personality, often referred to as the “Big 5” personality traits. These five primary personality traits are extraversion (also often spelled extroversion), agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism.

Detailed explanation-4: -The big-five personality traits-extraverted personality, agreeable personality, conscientious personality, emotionally-stable personality, and open to experience personality-have direct, positive effects on organizational citizenship behavior.