conscientiousness.md

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Big Five conscientiousness

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Conscientiousness is a person's tendency to act in an organized or thoughtful way. The tables that follow qualify results for characteristics as high or low: {: shortdesc}

• Any score above the mean of 0.5 indicates a greater than average tendency for a characteristic. A score at or above 0.75 indicates readily discernible aspects of the characteristic; such scores are considered high.
• The opposite statements are true of scores below 0.50 and 0.25, which are considered low.

For more information, see Percentiles for personality characteristics.

Facets

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Brief descriptions of the dimension's facets and of individuals who score high in each facet.

Facet	Individuals who score high...
Achievement striving / Driven	Try hard to achieve excellence. Their drive to be recognized as successful keeps them on track as they work hard to accomplish their goals.
Cautiousness / Deliberate / Deliberateness	Are disposed to think through possibilities carefully before acting.
Dutifulness / Dutiful / Sense of responsibility	Have a strong sense of duty and obligation.
Orderliness / Organized	Are well-organized, tidy, and neat.
Self-discipline / Persistent	Have the self-discipline, or "will-power," to persist at difficult or unpleasant tasks until they are completed.
Self-efficacy / Self-assured / Sense of competence	Are confident in their ability to accomplish things.
{: caption="Table 1. Facets (conscientiousness)"}

Range of characteristics

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General descriptions that might apply to individuals whose scores evidence more or less of each facet of the dimension, as well as terms that might describe such individuals.

Description of low value	Term	Facet	Term	Description of high value
You are content with your level of accomplishment and do not feel the need to set ambitious goals.	Content	Achievement-striving	Driven	You set high goals for yourself and work hard to achieve them.
You would rather take action immediately than spend time deliberating making a decision.	Bold	Cautiousness	Deliberate	You carefully think through decisions before making them.
You do what you want, disregarding rules and obligations.	Carefree	Dutifulness	Dutiful	You take rules and obligations seriously, even when they are inconvenient.
You do not make a lot of time for organization in your daily life.	Unstructured	Orderliness	Organized	You feel a strong need for structure in your life.
You have a hard time sticking with difficult tasks for a long period of time.	Intermittent	Self-discipline	Persistent	You can tackle and stick with tough tasks.
You frequently doubt your ability to achieve your goals.	Self-doubting	Self-efficacy	Self-assured	You feel you have the ability to succeed in the tasks you set out to do.
{: caption="Table 2. Range of characteristics (conscientiousness)"}

Primary and secondary dimensions

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Information that relates the dimension to other dimensions, describing combinations of personality characteristics. Provides insight into how primary and secondary characteristics might interrelate to represent an individual's composite personality.

Dimension	Score	High conscientiousness	Low conscientiousness
Agreeableness	High	Dependable, responsible, reliable, mannerly, considerate	Unpretentious, self-effacing
	Low	Stern, strict, rigid	Rash, uncooperative, unreliable, distrustful, thoughtless
Extraversion	High	Ambitious, alert, firm, purposeful, competitive	Unruly, boisterous, reckless, devil-may-care, demonstrative
	Low	Cautious, confident, punctual, formal, thrifty	Indecisive, aimless, wishy-washy, noncommittal, unambitious
Emotional range	High	Particular, high-strung	Scatterbrained, inconsistent, erratic, forgetful, impulsive
	Low	Thorough, steady, consistent, self-disciplined, logical	Informal, low-key
Openness	High	Sophisticated, perfectionistic, industrious, dignified, refined	Unconventional, quirky
	Low	Traditional, conventional	Foolhardy, illogical, immature, haphazard, lax
{: caption="Table 3. Primary and secondary dimensions (conscientiousness)"}