Practice question · True or false
Conscientiousness predicts job and academic performance across many different settings.
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- What does the trait actually describe?
- Organisation and persistence transfer everywhere.
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True
Why
True. What it names — being organised, persistent and following through — is useful in almost any role, which is why it is the most consistent Big Five predictor of performance across occupations. Other traits predict well within particular roles and not outside them.
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