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B2 – Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Extraversion, neuroticism, conscientiousness agreeableness, and openness are the five broad\u00a0personality traits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, according to studies, not only personal grievances, but also global events like the COVID-19 pandemic can make one exhibit changes in their personality traits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the article about how the COVID-19 pandemic had an effect of changes in our personality traits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/covid-19-pandemic-changes-in-personality-traits<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vocabulary Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Define the personality traits agreeableness, openness, extraversion, conscientiousness, and neuroticism. Cite\u00a0situations where you have demonstrated and (almost) lost them.<\/li>
  2. What does \u201dimpervious<\/strong>\u201d mean, \u201cIt is quite significant from a theoretical perspective to know that global events, like the pandemic, might have the effect of changing personality, which is often thought to be fixed and <\/em>impervious<\/span><\/em><\/strong> to change\u201d<\/em>? Use this word in your own sentence.<\/li>
  3. What does the word \u201cupheaval<\/strong>\u201d mean, \u201cThere were <\/em>upheavals<\/span><\/em><\/strong> on the social, political, and economic fronts that could also have affected personality development during this time, especially in the young adults who appeared to change the most.\u201c<\/em>? Use this idiom in your own sentence.<\/li>
  4. What does \u201cencompass<\/strong>\u201d mean, \u201cIn the current study, the researchers categorized the period <\/em>encompassing<\/span><\/em><\/strong> the pandemic into the acute phase and the adaptation phase.\u201d<\/em>? Use this word in your own sentence.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. What some of the best ways to overcome neuroticism?<\/li>
    2. What might be reasons younger individuals were especially susceptible to changes in personality traits during the pandemic?<\/li>
    3. How has the pandemic changed you\/your personality traits? How did you manage such a change?<\/li>
    4. What personality traits changed in you with age? Why do you think that happened?<\/li>
    5. Share your thoughts on this: \u201cNeuroticism, openness, and extraversion tend to decrease (with age).\u201d.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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