Psychologists have been studying personality for a very long time. Thinking about personality as a collection of traits goes all the way back to ancient Greece and Rome, and trait theorists such as ...

I once conducted a job interview with someone I found to be passionate, energetic, intelligent, engaging, and prepared. As I asked her questions designed to produce an accurate picture of her ...

Reviewed by David Susman, PhD Key Takeaways The Big Five personality traits—openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism—represent broad dimensions of personality that ...