Conscientiousness: A review

Introduction:

A major contribution of our personality is an essential trait known as Conscientiousness. It was first grouped in the Five Factor Model personality and the circumplex model of interpersonal behavior 40 years ago by well known psychologists named Tupes and Christal(1961) (McCrae and Costa,1985).Recent developments on the work were carried on by several other psychologists like McCrae and Costa (1985a), Digman and Inouye (1986), Hogan (1983), and Peabody and Goldberg(1989) (Paul D. Trapnell and Jerry S. Wiggins
1990). Conscientiousness can be defined as “governing, persevering, unselfish behavior and impelling the individual to duty as conceived by his (or her) culture. A Conscientious person is honest; know what is right and generally does it, even if no one is watching him (or her); does not tell lies or attempt to deceive others, respects others; respects others property. An unconscientious person is somewhat unscrupulous not too......

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Title: Conscientiousness: A Review
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