Big Five Personality Traits

1. How would you describe your personality using the Big Five (also known as OCEAN) personality traits? How or where might you have developed these traits from?

2. Do you believe that Freud’s theory was applicable only to the era in which he lived, or do you believe it can still apply today? Why? Can you think of any applications in your life?

3. Define at least four defense mechanisms in your own words. Describe a situation that happened in which you used a defense mechanism. Why do you believe you used this defense mechanism?

4. How do you think your personality shifts in various contexts? Are you different at school than at home? What about with your friends? How do you think personalities vary across the different parts of the US?

5. Create and answer your own fifth question

Question: How do you manage stress, and what strategies have proven effective for you in maintaining mental well-being?