Description
Affective Transparency, Candor, Simplicity, Naivety, Directness.
Reflects a more naïve, direct, and socially embedded logic of reality.
A straightforward, open style of thinking and acting. Relies on clear cause-effect logic and trusts that how others treat you depends on what you do. Engages directly with the world, values external feedback. Sees reality as mostly as it appears.
Characterized by a socially engaged and outwardly expressive disposition. Often physically active, alongside a more trusting and community-focused interpersonal style.
Direct, emotionally open, action-oriented, socially dependent, altruistic, physically expressive, trusting. Genuine outcomes, authentic actions, and real contributions.
HiTOP
LOW Antagonistic Externalizing Spectrum
Empathy, Honesty
Clusters
| # | Trait |
|---|---|
| 1 | Low absolute auditory sensitivity: difficulty perceiving faint or quiet sounds |
| 2 | Weak musical hearing: poor pitch discrimination and difficulty remembering melodies |
| 3 | Low differential auditory sensitivity: difficulty distinguishing and recognizing voices or subtle sound qualities |
| 4 | Rightward handwriting slant tendency |
| 5 | Morningness chronotype (‘lark’ preference): early sleep and wake patterns |
| 6 | High sensitivity to others’ evaluations: easily hurt by criticism, emotionally reactive to feedback |
| 7 | High proneness to guilt: frequent and prolonged feelings of guilt over actions |
| 8 | Discrepancy between real-life and fantasy aggression: greater aggressive expression in real behavior than in imagination |
| 9 | Right-hand dominance tendency |
| 10 | High altruism and prosocial orientation: generosity, empathy, readiness to help at personal cost |
| 11 | Tendency to blush under emotional arousal: facial reddening when excited or embarrassed |
| 12 | Physical restlessness under arousal: muscular activation and sympathetic signs when anxious or excited |
| 13 | High tanning responsiveness: skin tans easily under UV exposure |
| 14 | High trustfulness and straightforwardness: naive, less inclined to deception or intrigue |
| 15 | Low critical/judgmental tendency: reluctance to judge or criticize others |
| 16 | Miscellaneous openness/interests: fascination with natural phenomena (e.g., fire), aesthetic preferences (e.g., impressionism), optimism bias but underestimating task complexity, willingness to work for future benefits |