The Six Facets of Openness to Experience (Five Factor Model)

This video describes the six facets of the Openness to Experience personality trait from the five factor model of personality. The facets names in this video are from the International Personality Item Pool. The facet names from the NEO-PI-R are provided when the differ from the International Personality Item Pool. The facets of Openness to Experience are Imagination (Fantasy), Artistic Interests, (Aesthetics), Emotionality, (Feelings), Adventurousness (Actions), Intellect (Ideas), Liberalism (Values).
Openness to Experience is a personality trait in the five-factor model of personality traits, which is also known as “The Big Five” model of personality. In this model, personality comprises five personality traits: openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism. The acronym OCEAN is helpful for remembering the personality traits. Openness to experience is characterized by insight, creativity, an appreciation of art, intellectual curiosity, and a high awareness of feelings. Conscientiousness is characterized by impulse control, planning tasks carefully, being highly organized and prudence. Extraversion is characterized by getting energy from social interaction, talkativeness, and having a large number of acquaintances. Agreeableness is characterized by being cooperative, increased level of caring, empathy, friendly, seeking to compromise. Neuroticism is characterized by mood dysregulation, anxiety, worry, depression, frustrating, nervousness, being easily upset, and low emotional stability.

[@manumusicmist]

I'm gonna be the guy who lays it in a readable format since no other comments has done it yet :p 1.imagination-the amount an induvidual likes and uses imagination in daily life 2.Artistic interests-the amount an individual likes the appreciation of any form of art 3.Emotionality-the amount an individual understands his/her own feelings and expresses it. 4.Adventurousness-the amount an individual seeks new experiences 5.Intellect-the amount an individual likes to learn new things and indulge in intellectual challenges. 6.Liberalism-the amount an individual likes being unconventional. Yay! Social service.

[@katja6332]

Six facets of Openness to experience IPIP / Neo 1. Imagination/ Fantasy High = fantasy, involving fantasy if reality is too boring 2. Artistic Interests / Aesthetics High : appreciation for art (not the ability to create art) 3.Emotionality / Feelings High = good access to own feelings, more emotional expressions 4. Adventuresness High = enjoy new activities, don't like routine, more spontaneous 5. Intellect (not intelligence) / ideas High: like debates, philosophy, like ideas and theory 6. Liberalism /Values High: rebel against authority, less traditional, more unconventional, may be less conservative

[@NeilLemons]

Knowing there are six facets for each spectrum of OCEAN makes it more interesting than I previously thought. I might bounce over from my in-depth study of the 16 Myers-Briggs types. Thank you.

[@KirurUwU]

You actually have six facets in the step II MBTI, but many people are not aware of that for some reason.

[@rrondon3280]

@@KirurUwU I thought that Meyers-Briggs was shown to be mostly inaccurate though it can have some overlap with the Big Five or O.C.E.A.N model.

[@TheEgg185]

Understood. Thank you.

[@DrGrande]

You are quite welcome -

[@monicaperry13]

This was helpful information in trying to understand the facets under openness to experience. I sometimes get confused between intellect and intelligence and this video helped to clarify.

[@johnharrisjr2808]

Very good explanation on Openness to experience. I scored high on the emotionality facet and low on the adventurousness facet. This means that I am aware of my feelings and don't mind sharing them with others. I scored low on the adventurous facet indicating that I prefer routines and feel uncomfortable about change. Even though I may feel uncomfortable about change I know that change is sometimes necessary.

[@birkit1133]

Thank you, now I know that I would score high on intellect and I don't know many people who value the deeper philosophical debates & discussions. They avoid them. I wondered why I was so different in this way. That helps a lot. Also, I used to be less liberal but as I get older I find myself becoming increasingly more liberal. Thanks for differentiating it from the political terminologies. This was very interesting. I think I'll watch it again.

[@johnryan263]

wow! I scored so low on emotionality (emotional expressiveness) so the next time someone complains about not receiving a gift or compliment from me at least I will know why. Again great video

[@getevennow]

Excellent - value adding - love from Pakistan 🇵🇰

[@haidarmaximus]

Hi Dr.Todd, I loved your video and would like to know what the correlation between intellect and intelligence is? Thank you

[@angelinastanton7996]

This was a great video explaining the six facets of openness to experience in comparison with the NEO-PI-R and the International Personality Item Pool.

[@speakersr-lyefaudio6830]

I’d probably be lowest on emotionality. But I’m really high on all of them.

[@haldenkepple4242]

When I took a version of the Big 5 personality test online I was asked if I believe there is no right or wrong. My response was that I strongly disagreed with the idea that I believe there is no right or wrong, I based my response on the fact that I knew full well that I believe rules and authority are wrong. Later, I discovered that I got a lower score on liberalism due to my response of "strongly disagree" to that statement.

[@platoscavealum902]

▶️ 4:36 Liberalism / Values ❤️ Dr. Grande, indeed, this is a very interesting facet of the openness to experience trait. Thank you for explaining.

[@virginiamurrey9139]

Very informative video!

[@jellydarling1008]

I had no idea you did this!

[@earlmcmanus194]

I believe I'm fairly high in all except Emotionality and Adventurousness.

[@alexdeloach6472]

This was helpful in gaining a deeper understand this facet.

[@angelinastanton7996]

I agree and feel more educated on the six facets of openness to experience after watching this video.

[@janicedixon2051]

I scored low on open to experiences overall. I think I’m too rigid in my thinking and don’t like change.

[@arefghadimi1882]

Hi dr todd, so i actually i want to have an "openness personality trait" or "absorption (psychology )" and "fantasy prone personality". I find it really interesting and really usefull to my work as an actor, can you tell me what triggers these traits???

[@rrondon3280]

Well, studies have shown using hallucinogenic substances like LSD, DMT or some mushrooms can change a person's personality to become more open-minded.

[@WayneStakem]

04:56 That part about valuing chaos and disorder definitely describes my personality pretty well...

[@veronicabetz9452]

This is a fascinating video! I scored high in this domain and facets of Openness to Experience

[@blsk3719]

This is totally me!

[@brentwilbur]

How does the openness facet of adventurousness differ from the extraverted facet of excitement seeking?

[@qmgthequantummechanicsguy5371]

Brent Wilbur I think they differ in the elements that drive them: for openess, it is intellectual complexity, for extroversion is not necessarily intellectual stimulation i.e. to seek a girlfriend.

[@bobbybower9405]

Can somebody please point me in the direction of as to where i can take a test for these opennes traits i would eternally thankful

[@theeeediotr]

Dr. Grande, does having very little routine actually constitute a type of routine? Also, if someone regularly engages in activities that are fairly adventurous, but stays within those select activities, not often pursuing other challenges, how is their level of Openness to be measured?

[@darrenparis8314]

Why would emotionality be related to openness to experience, as using the colloquial meanings of these terms?

[@ConorSantry]

Hi Todd. I appreciate your videos. What is your source of information for these videos on the big 5?

[@harshkulkarni3321]

Study and experience! He's a big doctor.

[@disillusioned8406]

I apologize for the length of this I hope it ok. How do I stop being so open or open minded? my mind is technically mush I think I'm going insane I'm 42 I've jumped from job to job my whole life I'm a quick study or fast learner but I also have a problem with authority not the fact that they're doing their job only the manner in which they perform there duty's under educated and narrow mindedness drives me nuts and the way the whole establishment is ran really makes me sick, my short-term recall is crap most things aren't important enough to be remembered it makes things incredibly hard at times but it's all in there it's just a hurricane of words swirling and the anxiety reached nearly unbearable levels on multiple occasions so I started meditating with binaural beats it helps me to relax enough but I think I'm ADHD or something. I'm a walking rabbit hole. I would just like to be content with really any one thing of interest something that I would love to do for work/career but I just can't seem for the life of me to figure me out. Im really starting to despise being trapped in my limited meat sack. How do I begin to organize my mind???

[@haldenkepple4242]

Darrell Brooks is most likely extremely high in Liberalism

[@darrenparis8314]

A glaring problem with how liberalism as it is described here is the term "traditional values". This could mean the status quo, in which it depends on which culture you come from, and may or may not have a reason to rebel against it or side with it. If those tradtional values are family, church, sexual attitudes, then there may be more grounds to go against it, but again, if you are raised a leftist, you're just sticking with what your parents taught you, and although seen as a rebel in the eyes of a conservative society, it doesn't really constitute evidence for a personal effort to evaluate their own values, or moral or political compass.

[@FrancesShear]

I believe that anyone can be encouraged in the arts with results. Iwonder if Saint Valentine had all 6 facets of Openness to |Experience so outstanding that many people with Narcissistic tendencies couldn't stand having him around. Saint Valentine was a kind of person who probably could not be pigeieon holed much on any outlier from the norm. How can a professional advocate for someone like that trapped in a situation they had no control over? Like a professional stuck in a nursing home who shouldn't be there after having enough time to recover from whatever. How can you convince other professionals feeling harried more all the time in a Universal |Health Care System breaking down because of underfunding that someone no longer belongs in a nursing home with a security braclet on?.

[@brentwilbur]

How does the openness facet of adventurousness differ from the extraverted facet of excitement seeking?

[@forcastle]

Brent Wilbur Both facets overlap. However excitement seeking refers to the preference for highly stimulating activities that cause an adrenaline rush (e.g. skydiving, fast driving etc.). Adventurousness on the other hand refers to the willingness to deviate from ones routines and to try out new activities. Those activities don’t necessarily have to be highly stimulating, like trying out a new software at work.

[@MatthewAshworth]

To add to what Forcastle said, Adventurousness is associated with preference for novelty and change, whereas Excitement-Seeking is more about sensual stimulation.