Personality Traits and Psychology

Running head : DISCUSSION

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The results show that there are some personal traits which are interrelated with others while others are not . There are both positive and negative relationships . According to the findings , novelty seeking is positively correlated with reward dependence , persistence , self- transcendence , e-scale , p-scale , neuroticism , extraversion and openness On the other hand , it has a negative relationship with harm avoidance self-directedness , cooperativeness , n-scale , agreeableness and conscientiousness . The explanation that can be associated with these findings is that someone

who is very much interested in innovation and trying new things possesses those attributes that will help him or her to be aggressive . The attributes are also linked to an open-mind that will enable him or her to handle emerging challenges

A person who avoids harm tends to be cooperative , avoids situation that will lead to his or her emotional instability , is somehow open and conforms to what is proposed by others . That is why harm avoidance as given by the results has a significant positive relationship with these attributes and is negatively related to novelty seeking , reward dependence , persistence , self-directedness , e-scale , p-scale extraversion and conscientiousness . Someone who avoids being hurt will not want to take up activities that are closely associated with high risks . They want things the easy way without much hustling hence the relationships demonstrated between the attributes

Rewards dependence has a positive relationship with novelty seeking persistence , self-directedness , cooperativeness , self-transcendence e-scale , neuroticism , extraversion , openness , agreeableness and conscientiousness . Alternatively it has a...