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    THE EXPLAINER

    Jun 02, 2021 3 minutes
    by DR CHRISTIAN JARRETT

    WHAT IS PERSONALITY?

    Your personality reflects your habits of thought, behaviour and emotions as they play out over the longer term. It’s distinct from moods or emotional states that vary over shorter timescales of minutes or hours.

    According to the most evidence-based and widely endorsed OCEAN model of personality, the five main trait dimensions are:

    ● Open-mindedness: how willing you are to embrace new ideas and experiences.

    ● Conscientiousness: how self-disciplined and ambitious.

    ● Extraversion: how

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