Psychology And Openness In Psychology

Psychology itself is a broad term where everyone may be ambiguous to it. There’s a lot of subjects psychology talks about, but it’s main definition is the scientific study of mental processes and behavior. The brain is the function to life and without it, there is no life. The brain has so many functions such as the ability for a person to see, hear, make decisions, sensing and touching, and many more. The brain regulates and sends signals to the body from birth to death. It was said, “ A person only uses 10% of it’s brain” which is completely false, everyone uses 100% of the brain even when they don’t realize it. No matter what situation anyone is dealing with, it’s how the brain would interpret the problem and that’s how one would act upon

They came up with the big five personality which uses the acronym of OCEAN. In OCEAN, O represents openness, C represents conscientiousness, E represents extroversion, A represents agreeableness, and lastly N represents Neuroticism. Openness is how open a person is to new experiences which is how willing you are to new things. Openness also shows a spectrum of two ends to be practical or imaginative. Conscientiousness means how careful and self-disciplined a person is. Conscientiousness shows how orderly a person is and there’s a spectrum of being disorganized or organized. Extroversion can mean how sociable a person can be or gets its energy from being around people. Extroversion is compared with introverts, introverts are the complete opposite. Introverts do not have to be around others for their energy and are seen to be quiet but that doesn’t make them shy. On a spectrum for Extroversion the two ends are extravert and introvert. Agreeableness is how agreeable a person is and how well they get along with others. People who are highly agreeable tend to be helpful, generous, kind, trustworthy, and considerate. On a spectrum the two ends would be uncooperative and helpful. Lastly Neuroticism means how much a person worries and their emotional stability. Neuroticism shows how well a person can deal with their worries and emotions which on a spectrum the two ends would be calm and