"What's the point?" seems like a very obvious thing to include in hindsight. Glad you pointed it out! I edited the post to address this.
"Beyond being fun, this exercise demonstrates one of the difficulties in psychology. Lexical personality models start out as word loadings. But those can’t be stored in someone’s head. The entire space needs be reduced to a few easily-communicable ideas. One of Goldberg’s most important contributions is a collection of word markers for each factor. The Big Five we know today is a qualitative description of these markers. I hope naming these factors makes it clear how much wiggle room that allows. Below are the top 30 words at each pole."
In big 5 terms I would guess factor 1 is conscientiousness, factor 2 is negative openness. Or some combination of them?
I would guess factor 1 is assertiveness, and factor 2 is industriousness. (edited because I thought of a better answer)
Industriousness for the first factor, openness for the second factor.
Very close on both! Reminds me I have to follow up on this
I’d personally call them “Attended Action“(1 - C) and “Trust of Word” (2 - O).
I still don’t see why it matters; their convergence isn’t revealing anything, what am I missing?
I’d personally call them “Attended Action“(1 - C) and “Trust of Word” (2 - O).
But their convergence isn’t revealing anything; what am I missing?
"What's the point?" seems like a very obvious thing to include in hindsight. Glad you pointed it out! I edited the post to address this.
"Beyond being fun, this exercise demonstrates one of the difficulties in psychology. Lexical personality models start out as word loadings. But those can’t be stored in someone’s head. The entire space needs be reduced to a few easily-communicable ideas. One of Goldberg’s most important contributions is a collection of word markers for each factor. The Big Five we know today is a qualitative description of these markers. I hope naming these factors makes it clear how much wiggle room that allows. Below are the top 30 words at each pole."
F1 is 80% (positive) conscientiousness and 20% (positive) masculinity
F2 60% (positive) extroversion as well as 20% (negative) intelligence and 20% (negative) openness