S2 Ep7 | Openness To Experience - Big 5 Personality Series

Real Talk w. Kane Adams

Feb 18 2024 • 34 mins

Today, we're looking at the final trait of the Big 5 Personality Scale - Openness To Experience. Openness To Experience measures how receptive someone is to new experiences, ideas and different ways of thinking. Some key facets of the trait include intellectual curiosity, artistic interests, appreciation for aesthetics and creativity.

Openness to experience is broken down into two sub-traits: intellect and openness.

We're answering three questions: What is openness to experience? What are the advantages/disadvantages of high openness to experience? And what are the advantages/disadvantages of low openness to experience? ---

Timecodes:

(00:00) Intro (01:52) What is openness to experience? (03:26) Common behaviours of high openness to experience (07:49) Advantages of high openness to experience (17:27) Disadvantages of high openness to experience (24:09) Common behaviours of low openness to experience (24:55) Differences between high and low openness to experience (29:19) Advantages of low openness to experience (31:32) Disadvantages of low openness to experience

Big 5 Personality Test: https://understandmyself.com/

Jordan Peterson - Agreeableness: https://youtu.be/D7Kn5p7TP_Y?si=WtCVTXVQ79iPhDKm