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Overview/Summary of SYMLOG and Big Five Personality Inventory (NEO-PI)

NEO-PI: a personality inventory with five domains (the five-factor model), measured originally with 240 items (now 60), used to describe human personality. Each global factor has a cluster of more specific descriptive characteristics. Traits used to describe aspects of the factor below the broad domain are separate but correlated. e.g., for the Extraversion factor, outgoing/energetic vs. solitary/reserved is used. There is no indication these words are actually opposite in meaning or part of the same continuum.

So, unlike SYMLOG with 3 bi-polar dimensions, the NEO appears to be missing a critical factor. Where the P-N and F-B dimensions are adequately covered, the NEO does not seem to take into consideration the importance of the U-D dimension of dominance/submissiveness, which can manifest behaviorally in all the five factors.

Adding a SYMLOG analysis to this personality measure will tap the values others’ perceive you showing in behavior, or the actual behavior you are observed to show. This analysis allows for behavior modification in order to be perceived as more effective, and have your intentional behavior better understood by others.

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