16 Personality Factors – Openness

16 Personality Factors

Openness to Change (Traditional vs. Open to Change)

Traditional: Traditional, attached to familiar, conservative, respecting traditional ideas Conservatism

• Avoid philosophical discussions.
• Rarely look for a deeper meaning in things.
• Am not interested in theoretical discussions.
• Am not interested in abstract ideas.
• Try to avoid complex people.

Open to change: experimental, liberal, analytical, critical, free thinking, flexibility, Radicalism

• Believe in the importance of art.
• Love to think up new ways of doing things.
• Enjoy hearing new ideas.
• Carry the conversation to a higher level.
• Prefer variety to routine.

Use the descriptors above to rate yourself as to how traditional or open to change you are.

Openness to Change

Traditional___________________________________________Open