What is different from Horoscope and Blood Type Diagnosis?

"A type is meticulous?" "Virgo is a romanticist?" It is fun as a topic of drinking party, but there is no scientific basis for these.

Psychological phenomenon of assuming "This is about me!" by looking at ambiguous descriptions applicable to anyone is called "Barnum Effect". Many of fortune-telling use this effect.

On the other hand, what is currently considered most reliable in the world of psychology is "Big Five" Theory. This attempts to explain human personality with 5 independent elements (dimensions), and its validity has been proven by decades of research and huge data. If you use this index which can be said as "Report Card of Personality", you can grasp your strengths and weaknesses as objective numerical values.

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5 Elements Constituting Personality: Which One Are You?

In Big Five, personality of the person is expressed by combination of strength and weakness (score) of following 5 characteristics. It is not "Good because high" "Bad because low", but strictly "Characteristic", and there are merits and demerits in each state.

1. Openness: Strength of Intellectual Curiosity

Shows how open you are to new experiences, beautiful things, and complex concepts.

High score person (Adventurer type)
- Feature: Full of imagination, likes art and new ideas. Can conceive ideas not bound by common sense.
- Suitable job: Designer, entrepreneur, researcher, marketer.
- Weakness: Tends to be poor at packing realistic details and continuing routine work.
Low score person (Steadfast type)
- Feature: Conservative, respects tradition and existing rules. Thinks with feet on the ground and has high practical ability.
- Suitable job: Civil servant, bank clerk, accounting, management department.
- Weakness: Easy to feel stress against sudden changes and new attempts without precedent.

2. Conscientiousness: Power to Control Yourself

Ability to act systematically toward goals and suppress impulses. It is said to have highest correlation with social success and annual income.

High score person (Hard worker type)
- Feature: Strong sense of responsibility, keeps promises and deadlines without fail. Room and desk are organized.
- CStrength: Easy to be trusted, excellent in ability to achieve long-term goals.
- Weakness: May become too perfectionist and inflexible, or too strict with self and others.
Low score person (Free spirit type)
- Feature: Impulsive, prefers to move by mood and intuition on the spot.
- Strength: Quick footwork, can respond flexibly to unexpected situations.
- Weakness: Plans tend to fall through, and tends to be evaluated as "sloppy".

3. Extraversion: Direction of Energy

Shows whether interests are directed to "Optimism (People and activities)" or "Inner world (Thoughts and emotions)".

High score person (Socialite type)
- Feature: Gains energy by talking with people. Bright and likes to take leadership.
- Strength: Can break the ice immediately with people met for the first time, good at enlivening the place.
- Weakness: Poor at spending time quietly alone, has a side that is easy to feel lonely.
Low score person (Thinker type)
- Feature: Charges energy with time alone. Prefers quiet environment and is good at thinking deeply.
- Strength: High concentration, acts after observing and analyzing things carefully.
- Weakness: Extremely exhausted by multitasking and chat with large number of people (party etc.).

4. Agreeableness: Empathy and Cooperativeness

Tendency to infer feelings of others and try to cooperate.

High score person (Dedication type)
- Feature: Kind and considerate, avoids conflict. Often called "Good person".
- Strength: Smoothens teamwork and is loved by customers and colleagues.
- Weakness: Poor at asserting own opinion, risk of being easily used by others.
Low score person (Independent type)
- Feature: Rational, prioritizes facts and logic over human emotions. Strong competitive spirit.
- Strength: Demonstrates power in scenes of making strict decisions or persuading opponents in discussion.
- Weakness: Easily misunderstood as "Cold" "Arrogant", tends to make enemies easily.

5. Neuroticism: Sensitivity to Stress

Shows whether easy to feel negative emotions (anxiety, sadness, anger).

High score person (Delicate type)
- Feature: Hurt by trivial things, worries about future.
- Strength: Sensitive to risks, high ability to prepare assuming worst case (Crisis management ability).
- Weakness: Low stress tolerance, tends to fall into mental health disorders.
Low score person (Steel mental type)
- Feature: Spirit is stable, always calm and optimistic.
- Strength: Does not get flustered even in scenes under pressure or emergency situations, can deal calmly.
- Weakness: May underestimate risks or become insensitive to anxiety and worries of others.

Does Personality "Change"? Can It Be Changed?

It is said "Soul of triplets until hundred", but in recent research, it is known that personality changes throughout life (has plasticity).

Generally, following changes are seen as age increases (Principle of Maturity).

Conscientiousness and Agreeableness rise (Become round and firm to adapt to society)
Neuroticism decreases (Gain experience and become unshakeable)

In other words, current personality does not last for a lifetime. It is sufficiently possible to approach ideal personality by changing daily action habits, instead of giving up as "I am no good because conscientiousness is low".

"If-Then Planning" to Change Personality

It does not change just by chanting "Let's become more planned". It is necessary to change automatic reaction of brain. So what is effective is to make a concrete rule "If X happens, do Y at that time (Then)" and make it a habit.

Case of wanting to increase Conscientiousness:
- "If I wake up in the morning, make the bed immediately"
- "If I stand up from desk, put chair in desk"
Case of wanting to lower Neuroticism:
- "If I think negative things, take deep breath 3 times"
- "If I feel anxiety, write down the content on paper"
Case of wanting to increase Extraversion:
- "If I enter convenience store, say 'Thank you' to clerk"

By repeating these, neural circuits of brain are rewritten, and gradually fixed as "Personality".

If You Know Yourself, Living Becomes Easier

By knowing your personality characteristics (Instruction Manual), difficulty level of life strategy lowers.

Find suitable job: Reduce stress of working in environment that does not fit your characteristics (Example: Jump-in sales even though introverted).
Human relationships improve: Can see objectively "That person is cold not because he dislikes me, but because he is a type with low agreeableness (No malice)".
Self-affirmation rises: Become able to accept own weaknesses as "Just one of characteristics", and blaming yourself decreases.

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