12Openness
The very short test of Big Five factors1 describes the person scoring high on openness as:
Someone who spends time reflecting on things, has an active imagination and likes to think up new ways of doing things but may lack pragmatism.
The low scorer is described as:
Someone who is a practical person who is not interested in abstract ideas, prefers work that is routine and has few artistic interests.
What came to be labelled openness was the fifth and final major dimension to emerge from the analysis of everyday personality-related words. It was labelled ‘culture’ by its discoverers2 because it reflected artistic sensitivity. ...
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