Getting Started:

What are the Big Five (the quick answer)?

**(aka: The Five-Factor Model of Personality)**

Since the 1930's, personologists have been trying to find the smallest number of synonym clusters that account for individual differences in personality. Just in the last 15 years, that effort has made giant strides because of the availability of modern, high-speed computers and factor-analysis programs. The five clusters are generally known by letter designations:

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N (for Need for Stability, Negative Emotionality

or Neuroticism)

	E (for Extraversion or Surgency)
	O (for Openness, Culture, Originality, or

Intellect)

	A (for Agreeableness or Accommodation)
	C (for Conscientiousness, Consolidation, or

Will to Achieve)

To continue "Getting Started" with the Big Five:

	For an extended treatment of the development, definitions, and applications of the Five-Factor Model, go to the Big Five Quick start
	For several suggestions on how to learn about the Big Five
	If you want to try out one of our tests
	If you want to establish your qualifications to purchase our materials
	If you want to know more about our on-line and in-class Big Five Certification Program
	If you want to know about our recently published book on the Big Five, The Owner's Manual for Personality at Work
	If you'd like to see a dozen or so quotes from the scholarly literature in support of the Five-Factor Model
	For Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about the Big Five
	For other Internet resources on personality in general and the Big Five specifically