Visual Culture Studies Department, Faculty of Art & Design, Uitm, Puncak Alam
Visual Culture Studies Department, Faculty of Art & Design, Uitm, Puncak Alam
Visual Culture Studies Department, Faculty of Art & Design, Uitm, Puncak Alam
SUBJECT :
VCS452 - CULTURE AND PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT
TOPIC :
AGREEABLENESS
NAME :
FATIN NAJIHAH BINTI AZAM
MATRIC NUMBER:
(2020956071)
LECTURER’S NAME :
PROF. DR. AMER SHAKIR ZAINOL
JUNE 2020
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LIST OF CONTENTS
1. TOPIC 3
2. INTRODUCTION 3-5
3. ELABORATION 6-7
4. CONCLUSION 8
5. REFERENCES 9
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1. TOPIC
Agreeableness.
2. INTRODUCTION
The 5th theory is often called the big five personality and shortened to
OCEAN. OCEAN consists of openness, conscientiousness, extraversion,
agreeableness, and neuroticism. Agreeableness is one of the “super traits” in
the Big Five model of personality. From the word “agree”, you get the
impression that this trait means you often agree with everyone and everything
around you. That description is pretty close, but there’s more to this super trait
than that. In Psychology, agreeableness measures your tendency to be kind,
empathetic, trusting, cooperative, and sympathetic. It shows you how well you
harmonize with society. Five-factor approaches to the study of personality
reveal a distinct agreeableness dimension that emphasizes cooperation,
compassion, and empathy (John & Srivastava, 1999). Agreeableness
describes the ability to get along with others. Because it is manifest in
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interpersonal relations, the influence of agreeableness should be clearest in
the arena of social adjustment. Like most traits, agreeableness is normally
distributed, so most of us fall in the middle-we can be very nice at times, but
we can also be somewhat disagreeable. Agreeableness reflects the
individual's tendency to develop and maintain prosocial relationships.
Individuals high in this trait are more trustworthy, straightforward, altruistic,
compliant, modest, and tender-minded. Conversely, individuals low in
agreeableness are less concerned about social approval and less concerned
about protecting others and themselves from harm.
Agreeable people are more helpful than less agreeable people are,
whether we are talking about helping family members, friends, or complete
strangers. Highly agreeable people are even more likely to donate their
money and time when other people are in need. On the other hand, people
low in agreeableness tend to be more prejudiced. They’re not only more
prejudiced toward traditional targets of prejudice, such as certain races, ethnic
groups, and homosexuals, but also toward members of other stigmatized
groups, such as people who are overweight. Two characteristics seem to tie
all of this together. First, agreeable people place a higher value on their
relationships with other people. They’re more motivated to have pleasant,
close relationships, so they’re more willing to do things that maintain those
relationships. For example, they make a greater effort to tolerate frustrations
caused by other people rather than getting angry or lashing out. Also, they are
more likely to see the world through other people’s eyes, and they experience
greater distress when other people are suffering. So, more agreeable people
are more likely to treat other people nicely and to be kind and altruistic.
A person with a very high level of this trait would be likely to continue
cooperating with others even when it is likely that he or she is being exploited.
Therefore, such a person would incur some costs due to being taken
advantage of by others. But, on the other hand, a person high in
agreeableness would gain from future cooperation with someone who might
not really have been trying to exploit him or her or who might usually be
cooperative rather than exploitative. At the opposite end of the dimension, a
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person with a very low level of agreeableness would sometimes gain by
avoiding being exploited by others, but would sometimes lose some potential
gains that would have been obtained by cooperating with others who usually
are rather cooperative. Besides that, Agreeableness is obviously
advantageous for attaining and maintaining popularity. Agreeable people are
better liked than disagreeable people. On the other hand, agreeableness is
not useful in situations that require tough or absolute objective decisions.
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3. ELABORATION
It is different from people who disagreeable. They have the opposite attitude
with an agreeableness person. Disagreeable individuals place self-interest
above getting along with others. They are generally unconcerned with others'
well-being, and therefore are unlikely to extend themselves for other people.
Sometimes their scepticism about others' motives causes them to be
suspicious, unfriendly, and uncooperative. They do not care about other
people's problems and about what others think of themselves. Sometimes
they are prejudiced against other people's motives and this causes them to be
suspicious, uncooperative and less friendly. But the disadvantage of having
this trait is that these people are less suited for hard work or require them to
make strong decisions for example in the field of business or military.
1. Trust
High Score – Assumes that people have good intentions and are
trustworthy.
Low Score – Views people as selfish and only after their own interests.
Sees people as a threat to interests and well-being.
2. Altruism
High Score –Feels rewarded when helping others. Doing things for
others is not seen as self-sacrifice. The sense of fulfillment is taken
from the act itself.
Low Score – Feels that helping those in need is an imposition. They
recognize it, but it’s not very important for them to do anything about it.
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3. Honesty
High Score - Straightforward and sincere. Doesn’t feel the need to
manipulate people to get what they want. Easy to relate to.
Low Score – Believes in using a little deception when dealing with
people, when it’s convenient. Tends to be devious and secretive.
4. Modesty
High Score – Doesn’t claim that they’re better than others. Humble.
Usually has low self-esteem.
Low Score – Viewed as arrogant. Takes advantage of every
opportunity to prove that they’re superior to those around them.
5. Cooperation
High Score – Avoids confrontations like the plague. Will keep the
peace even if it compromises their own needs and interests, to get
along with people.
Low Score – Forces their will to get your way. Intimidation and
aggression are some of the strategies they employ.
6. Sympathy
High Score – Easily moved to pity. Feels and relates to the pain of
other people.
Low Score – Low empathy. Not inclined to be merciful.
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4. CONCLUSION
Agreeable people are more likely to forgive and seek forgiveness, less
resentful, and show more gratitude agreeableness is negatively related to
depression. Agreeableness is associated with a lower body mass index during
midlife (healthy lifestyle) and it acts as a buffer against somatic distress when
the person is high on neuroticism. This trait also is an abstract, higher level
summary term for a set of relations among connected lower level
characteristics. It describes individual differences in being likeable, pleasant,
and harmonious in relations with others. Research shows that persons who
are described by others as "kind" are also described as "considerate" and
"warm," implicating a superordinate dimension that is relatively stable over
time and related to a wide range of thoughts, feelings, and social behaviours.
(Graziano, W. G., & Tobin, R. M. 2009)
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5. REFERENCES
Brett Laursen, Lea Pulkkinen, Ryan Adams, 2020. The Antecedents and
Correlates of Agreeableness in Adulthood. Dev Psychol. Author
manuscript; available in PMC 2009 Aug 21.
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