'Universal' Personality Traits Don't Necessarily Apply To Isolated Indigenous People

Five personality traits widely thought to be universal across cultures might not be, according to a study of an isolated Bolivian society. Researchers who spent two years looking at 1,062 members of the Tsimane culture found that they didn't necessarily exhibit the five broad dimensions of personality - openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism - also known as the "Big Five." The American Psychological Association's Journal of Personality and Social Psychology published the study online Dec. 17... via Health News from Medical News Today Read More Here..