Openness
Openness is the quality of being willing to consider new ideas, experiences, and points of view. It shows up as curiosity rather than immediate rejection or defensiveness.
What openness means
A person with openness will say things like “Tell me more” or “I hadn’t thought of it that way” instead of instantly shutting something down. Openness does not mean agreeing with everything; it means giving new information a fair hearing before deciding what to think or do.
How openness looks in everyday life
Openness can show in trying new activities, listening carefully to different opinions, or questioning one’s own assumptions. It helps with learning, creativity, and relationships, because it makes it easier to adapt, solve problems in new ways, and understand where other people are coming from.
Further Reading
https://www.sciendo.com/article/10.2478/ctra-2021-0010
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/f504ddecac39f7d1032d25b9082f1b261034e62b
https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/15/12/1614
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13670050.2024.2431573
https://karger.com/article/doi/10.1159/000367714
https://doi.apa.org/doi/10.1037/pspp0000527
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/08902070241309119
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/08902070251356148
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/08902070251353549
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jopy.13009
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2023.1235345/pdf
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10461810/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2937090/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3143482/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7840072/
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01964/pdf
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11300374/
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.707652/pdf
https://www.thomas.co/resources/type/hr-blog/openness-personality-trait
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openness_to_experience
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