What Is Agreeableness?

When it comes to personality traits, if you're someone that has scored high in agreeableness, you're likely popular and tend to make friends easily. You also may be seen as trustworthy, altruistic, honest, modest, empathetic, and cooperative.

除了协助，其他五大特征包括openness, conscientiousness,外向， 和神经质。OCEAN is the acronym commonly used by psychologists to help people remember all five traits. Overall, the Big Five is a useful tool for considering and learning more about personality traits. It's also useful in identifying and predicting how people will respond in different situations.

Common Characteristics of Agreeableness

Overall, agreeableness describes a person's ability to put other people's needs above their own. For instance, people who are high in agreeableness naturally experienceempathyand tend to get tremendous pleasure from serving others and taking care of them.

令人愉快的人也信任和宽容，而且宁愿与他人竞争。显然，在许多情况下，令人愉快的成绩在很高的情况下是有利的，因为它是实现和维持受欢迎程度的关键特征。令人愉快的人通常很喜欢，令人愉快。大多数人认为他们是好朋友。

Meanwhile, people who score low in agreeableness tend to be more hostile, antagonistic, and competitive. They also tend to have more difficult relationships that are riddled with disagreements and breakups. Here are some common characteristics of people who score high in agreeableness:

• Get along well with others
• 是流行的，很受欢迎
• Care for others in need
• Are helpful, kind, and considerate
• Display sensitivity
• Are socially andemotionally intelligent
• De-escalate conflict
• Refrain from judging people
• Give others the benefit of the doubt
• Like to collaborate
• Form friendshipseasily
• Tend tobe altruisticand perceptive
• Are emotionally supportive

Prevalence of Agreeableness

Like the other four factors of personality, agreeableness is usually measured usingself-report inventories。这些调查问卷通常包含所接受考试的人决定是否与声明同意，不同意陈述，或落在两者之间。

Because agreeableness is measured with self-report questionnaires and is considered a dimension of personality and not a diagnosis, there is not a lot of information available on the prevalence of agreeableness among the general population.

Instead, each person has some level of agreeableness that exists along a continuum. In other words, you are either very high in agreeableness, very low, or somewhere in between.

How Agreeableness Influences Behavior

When it comes to personality testing, measuring a person's agreeableness determines their ability to be kind, empathetic, trusting, cooperative, and sympathetic. In other words, it shows how well the person meshes with society.

Within the trait of agreeableness, there are six facets or sub-traits that further illustrate what makes a person agreeable:

• Altruism
• Cooperation
• 谦虚
• Straightforwardness
• Sympathy
• Trust

Here is an overview of these traits:

Altruistic

People who are agreeable feel good when they are helping others. What's more, they get tremendous internal rewards for doing good deeds and do not view it as self-sacrificing. They get a sense of fulfillment from the act itself.

Meanwhile, those who score low in agreeableness feel like helping others is an imposition. And even though they may recognize it, they often have no desire to change their behavior.

合作

When someone scores high in agreeableness, they will go to great lengths to avoid confrontations with other people. They like to be seen as peacemakers, but will often compromise their own needs and interests to get along with other people.

On the other hand, people who score low in agreeableness are prone to forcing their will on other people. They also will use intimidation andaggressionto get their own way.

Honest

If someone scores high in agreeableness, they tend to be straightforward and sincere. They rarely feel the need to manipulate people to get what they want. Likewise, they are viewed as genuine, loving people who are easy to relate to.

But, if a person scores low in agreeableness, they may feel there is nothing wrong with being deceptive, especially when it's more convenient. They also may be more secretive.

Modest

令人愉快的人的人非常脚踏实地，很少声称比其他人更好。它们也通常是谦卑 - 有时候他们可能会较低self-esteem。

Meanwhile, someone who scores low in agreeableness might be more arrogant or not above taking advantage of other people. They also may try to do more to show that they are superior to others.

Sympathetic

When someone scores high in agreeableness, they are often very sympathetic and are easily moved to have care and concern for others. They also are emotionally intelligent and very empathetic, often relating to the pain and suffering of other people.

People who score low in agreeableness are not inclined to be merciful and may not feel empathy.

Trusting

If someone scores high in agreeableness, they are prone to assume that other people have good intentions and mean well. They can also be slow to make judgments about other people and often care for people unconditionally.

总的来说,如果你是一个和蔼可亲的人,有some common behaviors that probably occur pretty consistently in your life. Here are some common ways that people who are high in agreeableness behave. Look for yourself in these scenarios:

• Put the interests of others before their own
• May engage in people-pleasing behavior
• Need affirmation from others
• Are kind, considerate, and helpful
• Tend to get involved in altruistic activities or community events
• Will compromise on their ideas and ideals if it reduces conflict
• Refrain from being abrasive or contradicting
• 尝试用言语和行为诚实和真诚

A Word From Verywell

Remember, personality traits—like agreeableness—represent just one factor in determining who you are. Even if you score high in agreeableness, you still have some level of the other traits within your personality.

因此,尽管随和能帮助你理解make sense of your tendencies, it's not your only defining characteristic. Every person has some dimension of the remaining Big Five traits in their life. Be open to exploring all areas of your personality.