Talk:Openness to experience

To behave unusually - or autistically[edit]

A sentence under the header "Personality disorders" reads as follows: 'Its opposite, known as impulsivity (here: an aspect of openness that shows a tendency to behave unusually or autistically)'

This sentence appears to be using 'autistically' as a synonym for "unusually". In my judgement this reads as unsavoury, arguably offensive, unscientific and gratuitous. - i think you'll agree the word 'unusually' is sufficient.

Facets[edit]

A recent edit removed all mention of the six facets from the NEO-PI. This model is one of the most notable ways of subdividing the Big Five traits, including openness. Later sections of the article refer to various facets. I think this is essential information for this article. --Smcg8374 (talk) 11:54, 28 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I can't find this recent edit. Which one do you mean? Lova Falk talk 16:54, 28 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Here: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Openness_to_experience&diff=prev&oldid=514777303 The editor appears to be a new user. --Smcg8374 (talk) 01:12, 29 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I see what you mean, however, I think the text that was written was really good - much more general than describing one specific part of one specific test. But of course, also NEO could be mentioned. Lova Falk talk 07:07, 29 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I now put mention of NEO back in! I hope you agree with the way I did it. Lova Falk talk 07:27, 29 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I think it is much more fiting to include six facets of Openess here. I am not sure why there are only five summarized above. Consider this ETS manual describing the facets of the Big Five https://www.ets.org/s/workforce_readiness/pdf/21332_big_5.pdf. I almost edited this myself, but because it is such a vital part of the article, I thought that I would comment here first. Jskalski (talk) 20:58, 30 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The phrase "open, mature religiosity/spirituality"[edit]

The phrase "open, mature religiosity/spirituality" implies that openness is fundamentally more mature than non-openness. Back in reality, openness to experience is nothing more than a psychological trait. It is heritable, partially encoded in the genes. A person cannot help whether or not they feel uncomfortable with new experiences; calling openness more mature is on the same intellectual level as calling heterosexuality more mature than homosexuality.

Anyone who can figure out what the author meant by "mature religiosity" should change it. I haven't a clue. The only way I could rewrite that phrase would be to say that "open religiosity/spirituality correlates with high levels of openness", which is tautological.

I have removed the whole sentence. Elizabeth'94 (talk) 15:48, 11 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

ADHD[edit]

ADHD is 100% tied to openness to experience. So the statement at the end of the introduction that it has no effect on clinical disorders is incorrect. BPD and ASPD all cooccuring with ADHD further justifies my assertion. 197.237.151.254 (talk) 07:11, 26 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]