My results for the five factor test were: 66% extrovertism, 67% openness to experience, 64% conscientiousness, 71% agreeableness, and 68% neuroticism. I found it interesting to learn about these different categories. After reading all of the descriptions of what each means, I can say that I agree with my results because I feel like I am in the middle of a lot of things. I was surprised at the 68% I got in the neuroticism category, and I somewhat disagree with the result because I don’t think that I experience strong emotions and really don’t let them get in the way of my line of thought. Besides this, I agree with the rest; especially agreeableness because I feel like I spend time taking other people into account when making decisions and generally make an effort to get along with others. I enjoyed learning about the openness to experience category because this is something that I tend to overlook when thinking about people and don’t always think about how some people do or don’t do well with abstract concepts.
I feel like the majority of people reach the social level (love) but often don’t continue further. I think that based on how well the love level is carried through determines if one will go on to self-esteem because people need to receive love in order to feel confident in themselves. The lack of love surrounding many people is why I think that a lot of people stop at the love level. This carries over to why people don’t always reach self-esteem needs and self-actualization needs. People cannot meet these needs if their basic needs, from physiological to love, are not met. Self-actualization is the achievement of one's fullest potential (Spielman 285). I don’t think that a lot of people reach their full potential (self-actualization) because their needs before this aren’t always supported. Because of this, people don’t even realize their full potential and therefore can’t reach it.
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