Personality: Extroversion and Extrovert Traits

Personality

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Extroversion...........................................................................................................................4
Extrovert.................................................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Personality refers to the emotions, feelings and behaviour that make us who we are. It has
long been believed that our personality is something that remains remarkably consistent during
adulthood. We are all born with basic genetic personality traits which are shaped throughout the
course of our lives by both genetics and experience. This essay will discuss the strengths and
weaknesses of a dominant personality trait, extroversion and how it may influence a person’s
choices in their relationships, career and life happiness. This report provides discussion about the
trait of personality, Extroversion. There is also discussion about Extrovert with strength and
weaknesses.
MAIN BODY
Humans have long attempted to explain human behaviour by sorting personalities into
traits. “Evidence of this theory has been growing for many years, beginning with the research of
D. W. Fiske (1949) and later expanded upon by other researchers including Norman (1967),
Smith (1967), Goldberg (1981), and McCrae & Costa (1987)”. (Power & Pluess, 2015). “The
Five Factor Model developed by Robert McRae and Paul Costa is the most commonly accepted
personality theory by psychologists today”. The Five Factors are Conscientiousness,
Agreeableness, Neuroticism, Openness to Experience and Extroversion. Individuals are scored
on each trait on a scale or continuum to quantify individual differences in personality. (Lim, A.
2020). Trait theories such as the Five Factor model are only one way of describing personality
and whilst a useful framework, they refer to stable characteristics we have from birth which do
not change. They do not consider the influence of experience and environment which can make
them a simplistic and generalized view of explaining a whole person. It is important therefore we
do not stereotype the individual based on a theory alone.
A strength of the trait perspective is its ability to characterize measurable actions.
Researchers have discovered that looking at a group of people’s actions reveals a clear
connection to personality traits. Trait theories have conversely been criticized for failing to
predict actions in all situations. Some psychologists claim that environmental factors have a
greater impact on personality than traits while others argue that is both traits and environmental
variables that influence personality. (Assessing Personality | Boundless Psychology, 2017).