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Why People Are Different: The Big Five Personality Traits
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Why People Are Different: The Big Five Personality Traits

How Personality Traits and Psychology Influence our Thoughts, Emotions, and Behavior
Created byBest of Psychology Academy | Psychology & Business Experts
Last updated 10/2026
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What you'll learn

  • Learn about how personality traits influence our own behavior and the behavior of other peple

Course content

3 sections • 12 lectures • 1h 9m total length

  • Welcome to the course!1:17

    Explore the Big Five personality model through a general overview, an online test, and analysis of traits and facets, and assess whether personality can change.

  • Overview of Personality4:07

    Explore the Big Five model and the genetically based traits shaping personality across time. Understand how psychologists define personality, its unique, stable nature, and its influence on careers and relationships.

  • The Trait Perspective4:24

    Explore the trait perspective as the backbone of modern personality psychology, tracing from Freud and behaviorism to the five-factor model and its universal, facet-based structure.

Requirements

  • A desire to learn about and more fully understand personality psychology

Description

This course uses artificial intelligence. Some course materials were developed with the assistance of AI as a drafting and editing tool. All content has been chosen, revised, fact-checked, and approved by the instructor.

**UPDATED FOR 2026**

**WELCOME TO AN INTRODUCTION TO PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY: THE BIG 5 TRAITS**  

This short course is designed to introduce you to the world of personality psychology. It has been tailored to provide a detailed introduction for anyone who is curious about the topic. No previous psychology knowledge or training is required.

In this course, you will learn about modern day personality psychology with a focus on the Big 5 Traits. This personality model is the most dominant and commonly explored personality theory in psychology. The model is comprised of 5 unique traits which are believed to capture most of what we call 'Personality'. 

This Big 5 Traits Include:

  • Openness

  • Conscientiousness

  • Extraversion

  • Agreeableness

  • Neuroticism

In this course, you will complete lectures on:

  • An Overview of Personality

  • An Overview of the Big 5 Traits

  • Separate Lectures on each Big 5 Trait

  • A Lecture on Personality Change

In addition, you will have the opportunity to take a short personality test to see how your personality scores compare to a larger group of people. 

This course is taught by the Best of Psychology, a team of professional researchers and lecturers. We see this course as an excellent starting point in your journey to learn more about human psychology! We are excited to offer it and hope that you will enroll!

Thank you very much!


Who this course is for:

  • Anyone who wants to have a greater understanding of personality including their own personality

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