6Agreeableness
A very short test of the Big Five factors, used for research purposes,1 describes the person high on agreeableness as:
Someone who is generally trusting and forgiving, is interested in people, but can be taken for granted and finds it difficult to say no.
The low scorer is described as:
Someone who is forthright, tends to be critical and finds fault with others and doesn’t suffer fools gladly.
You may wish to ask your colleagues and family to rate you against this statement using the categories given in Section 3.
Agreeableness has been found to be linked to areas of the brain known to be associated with sensitivity to the ...
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