BIG FIVE PERSONALITY RESULTS: OCEAN MODEL OVERVIEW of DIMENSIONS The Big Five model of personality describes five broad domains of personality that are often abbreviated as OCEAN: YOUR PERSONALITY PROFILE with ANALYSIS 1. Open‑Mindedness 2. Conscientiousness 3. Extraversion 4. Agreeableness 5. Negative Emotionality (Neuroticism) SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND The Big Five was originally derived in the 1970s by two independent research teams: Paul Costa & Robert McCrae (at the National Institutes of Health) and Warren Norman (at the University of Michigan)/Lewis Goldberg (at the University of Oregon). They took slightly different routes to arriving at the same results: Most human personality traits … Continue reading My Big Five Personality Score: OCEAN Model