The overall purpose of the study was striving to better understand the parameters of our awareness from our own contemporary pathology when dealing with that which we are most familiar with, the self. 58 Participants completed an online survey that assessed their personality disparity: measured through the difference between their psychologically assessed personality scores, and self identified personality scores of Big 5 personality traits (Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism) along with both the Dark & Light Triads traits for more exploratory analysis. No data the study found supported any individual trait of the Big 5 having a majority or significant influence in participants' overall personality disparity. Significant relationships of disparity between participants Big 5 trait scores and their corresponding self assessed scores for all traits but openness. Indicating a positive level of self deception caused by their psychologically assessed individual trait scores.

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Creator

• Jandrucko, Austin

Subject

• Health
• Well-Being
• Learning
• Community

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042723-123721
• 106131

Keyword

• Trait Theory
• Self Deception
• Temperament
• Big 5
• Personality
• Lacan

Advisor

• Skorinko, Jeanine LM
• Doyle, James Kevin

Year

• 2023

Date created

• 2023-04-27

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Psychological Science

Source

• E-project-042723-123721

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-06-14