Last year one of my models was Differential Psychology which looked at emotions and personality. There's this test called the Big 5 which looks at five personality traits considered to be key. Anyway the BBC has been doing some big experiment on this; if your interested I'd say check it out for yourselves because it's actually stuff worth knowing.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/labuk/experiments/
Figured I'd share my results since most people know me well enough to tell me what I'm like anyway:
Ok so my neuroticism score is like off the chart which isn't fantastic but I guess I am a bit of a nutter who worries pretty much constantly about anything, gets easily stressed and well, is incredibly emotional. Again I guess this could be construed as good or bad because neoutic people are usually always clean and get things done right. Its a nasty way of saying I'm a perfectionist ha!
The rest are pretty even, low extrovert but everyone knows I'm shy; surprised Agreeableness isn't higher really but lately suppose I haven't been agreeable as usual which I blame on my neuroticism.
And it also said this:
Your results showed that your goals are predominantly to do with your relationships; you value harmonious relationships. Research has uncovered relationships between personality and life goals. It suggests that people with high Openness scores tend to pursue aesthetic goals, while people with high Extroversion scores tend to pursue hedonistic goals. You crave affection and the love of the people around you and are highly motivated to maintain these.
This couldn't be truer either. I massively crave affection; I love the company of another person. Not a group so much, I'm not a big group person. But just one other person so attention is undivided. I think this fuels my being a hopeless romantic as well; but I suppose at least, there's a lot worse things I could be motivated to maintain, loves the best addiction going.
