CHAPTER 3

Traits

Introduction

How many times have we tried to explain someone with an adjective?

Wow, is he so funny, or she is definitely a looker, or he must be as dumb as a rock? Many times, we don’t even know that person, or perhaps there might be a very short introductory time before we made that judgment call. Sometimes we just hear something about someone and make a determination. Terms of endearment, gossip, rumors, and so on, and if you really think about them, there are literally thousands of adjectives we use; some researchers have pegged this number at about 18,000.

Luckily however, even with this large a number, over time after consolidation and examination, researchers have narrowed this vast list to around five dimensions. It is ...

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