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Trait Theory Short Answer Worksheet Using this web site (https://www.outofservice.com/bigfive/) please complete the questions in order to get your Big 5 personality profile. 1. List your percentile scores as they appear on the site: Open-Mindedness: 38 Conscientiousness: 68 Extraversion: 19 Agreeableness: 86 Negative Emotionality: 84 2. The site producing the scores provides a descriptor for each score. What was a sentence that particularly stood out to you and why? A sentence that stood out to me was “You probably enjoy spending quiet time alone” This is because I do enjoy spending time alone, but I also like going out with friends. I knew I would lean more left, but I was looking for a middle not a far left. Makes me look like I never want to hand out with people. However, I am going to have to agree with the test because even when I go out, I have to force myself. 3. Utilizing at least one peer-reviewed resource, write a paragraph explaining the benefit of using personality testing in order to determine whether an individual should be employed in a specific job. During a test in 2002 that measures the hiring ability between using tests and not using tests, it was found that using specific tests when hiring people are more helpful that not using them. In 2011, personality tests were on the rise during hiring’s and continued to grow at least 20% more annually (Martin, 2017). Tests can be used to measure the person in questions ability to work as a team, ability to work under pressure, and level of communication skills. There can be good that comes out of the number of the tests. However, I would not want to judge my hiring skills solely on a test, when paired with background checks and interviews, the test does seem to work fairly well when hiring new people.

4. Utilizing at least one peer-reviewed resource, write a paragraph explaining the limitations of using personality testing in order to determine whether an individual should be employed in a specific job. I believe this topic can go both ways and it is always good to weigh both pros and cons. Assuming only the personality test is being used, this would not be a good choice to pick a next employee. While personality tests are helpful in learning about other people, they aren’t very accurate to explaining who a person is. Many people hiring might begin to only look at the test results anf not conduct other ways of hiring. There is also the problem with skewed test results. Meaning “they [personality tests] tend to be highly transparent, enabling a test taker to manipulate the results in a way that they feel will be viewed favorably by the administrator (Martin, 2017)”. This can result in a bad hire.

5. Imagine a situation where a person suddenly had access to the test results of a boyfriend/girlfriend. Explain why this person may have a strong desire to review the results of their significant other. What social and ethical problems could arise from seeing their results? I believe someone might have a strong desire to view these results to understand more about their partner. Some personality traits are easier to hide than others so the test could potentially show what traits the other person is hiding. I think this could create the problem of being judged. Meaning if someone sees this report, they might only look at the numbers and forget the person they are with. Not to mention ethically looking at someone’s test results is illegal. 6. Should we know the personality profiles of our community leaders? What might the public gain or lose from having those profiles? I believe that we should know the personality of our community leaders however, I understand that having the public know this, would not be good and would most likely cause a bias in the elections. For example, people would be more likely to judge a person on their number than their speeches. This could mean someone with a good speech and bad number would have a lower chance

of getting picked. I think the public could use it to judge whether or not the person in question has good morals and is kind. This is something people could easily fake so I believe it would be nice to know a persons personality before electing them.

References Martin, W. (2017, December 06). The Problem with Using Personality Tests for Hiring. Retrieved from https://hbr.org/2014/08/the-problem-with-using-personality-tests-for-hiring...