What Are the Five Factors in the Big Five Personality

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Essay

What are the five factors in the big five personality model? How do they change with development?

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Definitions:

Personally Distressing

A term that describes a personal experience or condition that causes emotional pain or discomfort.

Dysfunctional

Pertaining to the impaired or abnormal functioning of a system, organ, or mechanism in a living organism or organization.

Schizophrenia

A mental disorder characterized by distorted thinking, perception, emotions, language, sense of self, and behavior.

Neurotransmitter

Substances in the nervous system that facilitate signal transmission from one nerve cell to another across synaptic gaps.