The Impacts of Personality Traits on Academic Major Choice
Presentation Type
Poster
Department
Psychology
Location
Walker Conference Center B
Description
We researched whether the personality traits of conscientiousness and openness impacted participants’ choice of academic major. Participants filled out a Google form which consisted of sixty statements from the Big Five Inventory, rating how strongly they agreed or disagreed with the statement. Participants within the School of Performing Arts scored higher in conscientiousness than those within the School of Natural Sciences. Otherwise, no significant differences in openness scores were found among the schools. These results may be useful in helping incoming college students accurately choose their academic major.
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The Impacts of Personality Traits on Academic Major Choice
Walker Conference Center B
We researched whether the personality traits of conscientiousness and openness impacted participants’ choice of academic major. Participants filled out a Google form which consisted of sixty statements from the Big Five Inventory, rating how strongly they agreed or disagreed with the statement. Participants within the School of Performing Arts scored higher in conscientiousness than those within the School of Natural Sciences. Otherwise, no significant differences in openness scores were found among the schools. These results may be useful in helping incoming college students accurately choose their academic major.
Comments
This poster was presented in partial fulfillment of the Research Methods course taught by Dr. Allyson Phillips.