Not the TV show, unfortunately, although it is really fun show with great story plots, am not writing a review on the psychic ability of Shawn Spencer. What I am actually going to write about is Psychology.
Actually, it's really not that bad.
I’ve been wary of Psychology for the longest time, biding my time until I had to face it, and now that I have I can say that it was very silly of me to avoid it, but I am happy I am taking it as a college course instead of a high school one. My Psych class is actually fun.
In college, many people of our age find out who they are. And a better way to understand these changes and pre-existing traits is to take Psychology.
OCEAN or CANOE?
One thing you’ll learn in Psychology is the meaning of OCEAN, also known as CANOE. It is an acronym for Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Negative Emotionality. This is how people generally come to understand their traits based on their actions every day. For instance, I am an O-C-E+A+N+, with the (-) and (+) meaning that you are less of a trait or more of a trait, respectfully.
Openness is your style of thinking and intellect. For instance, if you are tactical in your thinking, and focus on concrete, exact details, you classify as an O-. You ask “How?” and value what is tradition and stick with that. Your opposites are the O+ class of people, who like to see the general, but big picture of things. They like thinking of abstract ideas, therefore, value change and ask “Why?” instead of going with the flow.
If you’re Conscientious, you’re structured, organized, and always out to do a task well. You’ve got plans and take things seriously and contemplate them thoroughly. You are C+. Whereas your opposites (C-) are free-loving, procrastinators, spontaneous, and flexible. You value your freedom and do not have settled plans. How you weigh on this scale really reflects on your work ethic and style. It all comes down to how you get things done.
Extraversion. Solitude verses society. Where will you be? Are you an extravert? E+ for you. Introverted? E-. But it all depends on how much you listen and/or talk (E-/E+). Consider your friends. Is it a large group of people that you know, but don’t? E+. Or do you have a select few that you’d go to the deepest, darkest places with? E-. How do you complete daily tasks? Specialists, typically E-, focus on one thing at a time, when generalists, E+, tend to cherry-pick, bounce around, and dabble.
Agreeableness measures how well you get along and interact with other people. You always want to win and bask in glory, compete, and have a knack for getting on other people’s nerves? Then you are an A-. You also think of logical consequences when problem solving and think with your head and talk as directly as possible. You may also get easily annoyed when you have to repeat yourself. A+ types don’t mind so much when repeating what they’ve said and are a bit more cooperative. They have a win-win mentality and think with the heart when decision making.
Negative emotionality refers to how much emotion a person displays when with other people. People who are more N+ tend to use a wide variety of emotions. Not just happy or sad. They display passion, frustration, anger, despair, and many more on a daily basis. It’s like a roller-coaster. N- individuals have a pretty steady track with maybe a few hills, but they tend to be pretty chill. In other words, N+ means reactive and very expressive with emotions, and N- is lower in displaying these emotions or are stoic.
I found this knowledge very helpful and interesting, and I am very interested to know what type of OCEAN you are. Comment it below!
