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from this quote, "According to these models, conscientiousness is considered to be a continuous dimension of personality, rather than a categorical "type" of person." i understand that conscientiousness can change over one's life like hair color as opposed to, say, sex.
if my understanding is correct, then phrases like these, "People who score high on the trait of conscientiousness tend to be more organized and less cluttered in their homes and offices." should be phrased to reflect the ability of conscientiousness to change, like this quote, "Low levels of conscientiousness are strongly associated with procrastination..." or this one even, "Conscientiousness is related to successful academic performance in students."
this may seem silly but i feel that anybody reading this, who feels that they aren't conscientious, may want to change this particularly when a student or whatever. they don't want to just feel doomed to fail. people need hope in order to make an effort, so to give them the possibility to change might encourage them to try to do so and not further make them abandon their goals. i feel like conscientiousness has changed very much over the course of my life depending on whether i found my action meaningful or not, like if i had a purpose or reason to do so... so although this is just an issue of phrasing that i've brought up i also feel it is not merely cosmetic. Makeswell ( talk) 15:40, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
re the psychological concept; I spent some time researching a number of citations for correlations for longevity, happiness, etc. If anyone wants to incorporate them into the article, you can find them at http://www.gwern.net/Conscientiousness%20and%20online%20education#conscientiousness -- Gwern (contribs) 19:45 20 April 2011 (GMT)
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from this quote, "According to these models, conscientiousness is considered to be a continuous dimension of personality, rather than a categorical "type" of person." i understand that conscientiousness can change over one's life like hair color as opposed to, say, sex.
if my understanding is correct, then phrases like these, "People who score high on the trait of conscientiousness tend to be more organized and less cluttered in their homes and offices." should be phrased to reflect the ability of conscientiousness to change, like this quote, "Low levels of conscientiousness are strongly associated with procrastination..." or this one even, "Conscientiousness is related to successful academic performance in students."
this may seem silly but i feel that anybody reading this, who feels that they aren't conscientious, may want to change this particularly when a student or whatever. they don't want to just feel doomed to fail. people need hope in order to make an effort, so to give them the possibility to change might encourage them to try to do so and not further make them abandon their goals. i feel like conscientiousness has changed very much over the course of my life depending on whether i found my action meaningful or not, like if i had a purpose or reason to do so... so although this is just an issue of phrasing that i've brought up i also feel it is not merely cosmetic. Makeswell ( talk) 15:40, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
re the psychological concept; I spent some time researching a number of citations for correlations for longevity, happiness, etc. If anyone wants to incorporate them into the article, you can find them at http://www.gwern.net/Conscientiousness%20and%20online%20education#conscientiousness -- Gwern (contribs) 19:45 20 April 2011 (GMT)