research. 1.2 Personality types Nowadays, there are a lot of models of personality type, but the Five Factor Model has become an established theory among a lot of researchers who try on personality. This is five characteristic parameters called The Big Five (Goldberg,1990,1992) and the idea is features of human personality can be captured comprehensively and fully. There are some personality check tests based on the Big Five. Let us look at them in detail below. Extraversion This type is characterized by excitability, sociability, talkativeness, assertiveness and high amounts of emotional expressiveness. Extraverts enjoy being with people and they are often full of energy and express their emotions easily. They tend to be outgoing, and enthusiastic individuals who like talking and being the center of attention. Extraverts don’t hesitate to join in activities and they have self-confidence which enables them to try new experiences. Extraversion Energy, Positive emotions, Surgency Assertiveness Sociability The tendency to seek stimulation in the company of others Talkativeness Agreeableness This personality includes the attributes like sympathy, affection, trust, altruism, kindness, affection and other pro-social behaviors. This personality dimension includes attributes such as and kindness. Agreeable individuals tend to try to get along with others. Therefore, they often are helpful and considerate.
conscientiousness personality in English or they their conscientiousness personality don’t change in Japanese and English. Neuroticism: Questions 4, 9, 14 and 19. In Questions 4, 14 and 19, many people answered 3, 4 and 5, so they displayed Neuroticism personalities in English or they think their Neurotic personality didn’t change in Japanese and English. However, in Question 9, everyone answered 1, 2 or 3, so they felt angry in Japanese or they didn’t feel change in Japanese and English. Openness: Questions 5, 10, 15 and 20. In Question 5, 10 and 15, many people answered 3, 4 and 5, so they displayed Openness personality in English or they their Openness personality didn’t change in Japanese and English. However, in Question 20, many people answered they felt more liberalistic in Japanese. 2.4 Summary We have looked at the results from the questionnaire which was divided into two sections. The first section was for looking at subjects’ English level. The second was for finding out subjects’ personality in Japanese and English. In Chapter Three, We will discuss about what these results mean.
Table 8: The data for distribution of English level at each personality type Extraversion Agreeableness Conscientiousness Neuroticism Openness 900(1) English(1) Japanese(0) English(0) Japanese(0) English(0) Japanese(1) English(0) Japanese(1) English(1) Japanese(0) English(1) Japanese(0) English(0) Japanese(0) English (3) Japanese(1) English(1) Japanese(2) English(0) Japanese(2) English(4) Japanese(1) English(4) Japanese(1) English(1) Japanese(5) English(0) Japanese(7) English(1) Japanese(3) English(3) Japanese(1) English(5) Japanese(0) English(0) Japanese(7) English(0) Japanese(4) English(2) Japanese(0) Totals English(9) Japanese(2) English(9) Japanese(1) English(4) Japanese(14) English(1) Japanese(14) English(4) Japanese(5)
Reuters and New Scientists staff. 2008. How switching language can change your personality. from Science 2.0. 2008. Does The Personality Of Bilingual People Change When The Language Does? from REUTERS. 2008. Switching languages can also switch personality. from Appendices Appendix A – The questionnaire No. Name