THE “BIG FIVE” PERSONALITY TRAITS 1. Openness to experience Openness is a general appreciation for art‚ emotion‚ adventure‚ unusual ideas‚ imagination‚ curiosity‚ and variety of experience. People who are open to experience are intellectually curious‚ open to emotion‚ sensitive to beauty and willing to try new things. They tend to be‚ when compared to closed people‚ more creative and more aware of their feelings. They are also more likely to hold unconventional beliefs. Another characteristic of
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The Big Five Brandon Ehrhart PSY/230 September 12‚ 2015 The Big Five When looking at each personality traits I did find I leaned more towards the conscientiousness‚ emotional and openness to experience. These are the three things that my personality shows the most. The one that I believe fits me the most is conscientiousness. I am the type of person that is very thorough with everything I do and carefully try to plan things out as best as possible. I work hard to make sure that everything is planned
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SIX TRAITS OF QUALITY‚ EFFECTIVE WRITING Ideas: The ideas are the heart of the message‚ the content of the piece‚ the main theme‚ together with all the details that enrich and develop that theme. The ideas are strong when the message is clear‚ not garbled. The writer chooses details that are interesting‚ important‚ and informative- often the kinds of details the reader would not normally anticipate or predict. Successful writers do not tell readers information they already know. They
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D Salinger both viewed the modern world as a depressing‚ desperate place. The characters of Holden and Gatsby are primary subjects to develop the author’s viewpoints due to the characterizing abilities of the authors. In the novels‚ Holden is suffering from mental illness and depression and Gatsby holds to a delusion that money will lead to love and happiness. Even though there a minimal amount of development of Holden and Gatsby throughout the novels‚ it is done so that the author can show that
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unpleasant and difficult one with many lessons learned along the way. <br> <br>Holden possesses abnormal relationships with some of the characters in Catcher in the Rye. Many of his friends and those he talks highly about are young children. He does not make any negative comments about these companions‚ and there is no mention whatsoever of phony. Holden has a strong relationship with Phoebee‚ his younger sister. Holden vocalizes about the fact Phoebee can visit him anytime in the summer‚ "What I’d
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Guide Chapters 1-4 1. Who is Holden Caulfield? 2. Where is Holden as he narrates the story? 3. Why wasn’t Holden at the big football game? 4. Why wouldn’t Holden be back to Pencey after Christmas vacation? 5. What "dirty trick" did Mr. Spencer pull on Holden? 6. Who was Robert Ackley? 7. Who was Stradlater? 8. Identify Jane Gallagher. 9. Why doesn’t Holden go down to see Jane? Chapters 5-9 1. About what did Holden write Stradlater’s composition? 2. Why did Holden tear up the composition he
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teenage boy named Holden Caulfield who struggles to find his identity. Holden wants to be an adult but he also subconsciously wants to stay young and maintain his innocence. Holden shows this when he hires a prostitute but doesn’t have sex with her. Holden’s negative encounter with the prostitute shows that although he tries to act like a tough adult he is still a kid at heart. One instance when the reader realizes Holden is still a kid is when he admits that he is still a virgin. Holden then goes on
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Holden Caulfield’s red hunting cap is a symbol for his individuality. Caulfield only wears his hat when he “d[oes]n’t give a damn how [he] look[s]” and when he knows “[he] wouldn’t meet anybody that kn[ows] [him]” (88‚ 122). Caulfield is insecure about himself--this is demonstrated by his inability to connect well with others--and his “corny” hat is one of his insecurities (18). Despite how insecure he is about his individuality--and subsequently his hat--he still keeps it close by. Most of
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Leadership: The Trait Approach The primary purpose of my leadership final project was to become more familiar with the trait approach. While the trait approach was one of the earliest theories of leadership‚ I think it is still valid in today’s society. I wanted to better understand the trait approach‚ and learn more about each of the traits within this leadership approach. After reading Chapter 2 in our textbook‚ I found myself reflecting on various traits and characteristics that I have‚ as
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Trait Theories of Leadership Before I briefly explain my topic it is necessarily to define the term ’ ’leadership ’ ’. Many authors until now have defined or tried to define leadership‚ but the most common and useful definition is given by Gary Yukl (2010)‚ who defines leadership as the process of influencing others to understand and agree about what needs to be done and how to do it‚ and the process of facilitating individual and collective efforts to accomplish shared objectives. Theories of
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