How were the Big Five traits determined? Created with Sketch. Analyzing English words used to describe personality traits, researchers used statistical techniques to identify clusters of related ...

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Psychologists normally measure your personality by asking questions about your approach to life. The measures are known as the 'Big Five': openness to experience, conscientiousness, extroversion ...

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Every week, higher-ed beat writer Luke Taylor will go one-on-one with a faculty member on the University of Illinois campus. Today's expert: JEFFERY MONDAK, chair of the Department of Political ...