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The personality trait of openness "is how open-minded, imaginative, creative and insightful a person is or can be. More open minded people tend to prefer variety, seek new experiences and are curious and perceptive to their environment. Less open minded people tend to avoid change, dislike disruption and focus on a few specific interests."[1]
Openness to experience is important to one's level of creativity.[2]
Openness is one of the Big Five personality traits
The personality traits of a good diplomat are: openness, conscientiousness, agreeableness and extraversion.[3]
Contents
Increasing one's openness
See also: Change management and Comfort zone and Neoroplasticity and the ability of individuals to change their personality
The personality trait of openness can change in an individual (changing one's environment such as one's culture, interpersonal relations/skills, etc.).[4]. It was once thought that one's personality was fixed, but modern research indicates that one can positively change one's personality (Neoroplasticity and the ability of individuals to change their personality).
The 2023 journal article The reciprocal relationship between openness and creativity: from neurobiology to multicultural environments published in Frontiers in Neurology indicates:
| “ | Multicultural exposure, when facilitated by a habit of openness, encourages individuals to be curious about and investigate novel perspectives, ideas, and beliefs, even when they are different from their own. The process of gaining a deeper understanding of the nuances that make each culture unique provides new knowledge and inspiration for innovative thinking and problem-solving. Subsequently, individuals are thereby more likely to creatively incorporate various novel cultural influences into their work, which facilitates cognitive flexibility and the generation of new ideas in a positive feedback loop (15, 55). Moreover, exposure to diverse cultural perspectives has been demonstrated to help individuals to better understand and empathize with others, which in turn facilitates interpersonal conflict resolution."[5] | ” |
As far as the "habit of openness' mentioned above, habits can be changed (See: Habit). In addition, problem solving, empathy, and creativity are skills that can be learned (See: Problem solving and empathy and Books on creativity). For example, empathy involves being curious about other people, active listening, self-awareness, and emotional intelligence (See: Empathy).[6] In addition, travel broadens the mind as does improving the quality of one's personality relationships due to social influence and the fact that some people are openminded than others (Being around more openminded people is better than being around closedminded people if one wishes to increase their opennesss).
Increasing/expanding the personality trait of openness:
Journal articles on the personality trait of openness
- The neurobiology of openness as a personality trait, Frontiers in Neurology, 2023; 14: 1235345. Published online 2023 Aug 14. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1235345
- Openness/intellect: A dimension of personality reflecting cognitive exploration, APA handbook of personality and social psychology, Vol. 4. Personality processes and individual differences (pp. 369–399). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/14343-017
- Associations Between Openness Facets, Prejudice, and Tolerance: A Scoping Review With Meta-Analysis, Frontiers of Psychology. 2021; 12: 707652. Published online 2021 Sep 28. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.707652
- Openness to Experience and Intellect differentially predict creative achievement in the arts and sciences, Journal of Personality. 2016 Apr; 84(2): 248–258. Published online 2015 Jan 28. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12156
See also
- Intellectual humility
- Personality disorder
- Neoroplasticity and the ability of individuals to change their personality
- Atheism and open-mindedness
- Atheism and dogmatism
External links
- How Openness Affects Your Behavior
- Openness Personality Trait
- What is Openness in Psychology: Definition, Benefits, Examples
- Openness to Experience: Openness Personality Traits
- 7 Benefits of Intellectual Curiosity (In Case You Were Wondering)
References
- ↑ Openness Personality Trait
- ↑ Openness to experience, plasticity, and creativity: Exploring lower-order, high-order, and interactive effects, Journal of Research in Personality, Volume 43, Issue 6, December 2009, Pages 1087-1090
- ↑ Traits of a successful diplomat, The Diplomat website
- ↑ [The neurobiology of openness as a personality trait], Frontiers in Neurology. 2023; 14: 1235345.Published online 2023 Aug 14. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1235345]
- ↑ The reciprocal relationship between openness and creativity: from neurobiology to multicultural environments, Frontiers in Neurology. 2023; 14: 1235348. Published online 2023 Oct 11. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1235348
- ↑ Empathic Skills: Definition and Examples
