Five Factor Theory of Personality

Today there is general agreement among psychologists that 5 broad factors define most people along their dimensions.  These factors are neuroticism,, extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness.  There are many and complicated paths by which these personality components interact.  If we combine these with the personality types and the personality disorders we will be mentioning in future posts,  then the groundwork for profiling is solid.