Agreebelness is a personality trait which is associated with being honest, kind, polite, empathatic and coporative and considerate. It is also one of the Big Five personality traits.
comprehensively you can define agreebelness as:
Agreeablness is the tendency of someone to be pro-person, compassionate, trusting, forgiving, coporative, considerateand soft-hearted.
A person who scores high on agreeableness would show compassion to others, trust people easily, forgive other people for their mistakes more often and are soft-hearted. If someone scores low on areeableness they will be very antagonistic, cynical, manipulative, vengeful, and ruthless to others.
The Six Facets of Agreeableness
Just like the other traits of big five, agreeableness can be divided into six facets or sub-traits that explain in more detail what makes someone more agreeable than others.
The six facets that are associated with the domain of agreeableness are explained below:
1. Trust
This facet is associated with people who are well intentioned and honest. They are forgiving of others and easily trust other people. If someone scores low on this facet it predicts cynicism and skepticism in peopel and these people also beleive other people are dangerous and dishonest.
2. Straightforwardness
As the name suggest, these people are very direct and frank in their attitude. They are ingenouse and very candid in life. They do not manipulate others or try to be deceiving or hide their true emotions. The people who score low on this facet are usually very manipulative and they do it through deception, flattery and craftiness. They are very charming and clever and think that people who are very direct are naive.
It is important to have a disctinction between concieling your emotions or being gaurded when it comes to telling what really is in your mind and just straight out laying. So a low score on this should not be confused with someone being a liar.
3. Altruism
Altruism can defined as a tendency to be more helpful towards other and being more generous. The people who score high in altruism show consideration and generosity towards others and show a willingness to help others with their problems. These people are mostly seen as kind hearted, soft and warm.
The people who score low on this facet are regarded as cold, selfish, cynical or snobbish. These people are more self centered and do not care a lot about getting involved in the problems of others.
4. Compliance
This facet predicts how someone would react to interpersonal conflicts. The people who score high on this are mild and meek. They do not show aggression towards others and easily forgive and forget others. They also defer to other people, are deferential and obliging.
People who score low on this are not cooperative and tend to be more cometitive. They show no reluctance to show aggression when they think it is necessery. They are considered more demanding and headstrong than others.
5. Modesty
Modesty is characterized by being humble but not lacking in self esteem or self confidence. The people who score high are seen by other people as being unassuming and humble.
The people who score low are often considered arogant or conceited by others. If there is a pathological lack of modesty in someone it is considered the clinical conception of narcissism.
6. Tender-Mindedness
This facet is associated with showing concern and sympathy for others. The people who score high on this facet show more concern towards people’s needs and they are more warm, friendly and soft-hearted with others.
Low scorers on this facet make decisions that are based on cold logic, they are mostly seen as opinionated, intolerant and cold by others.
Tabraiz is MS Clinical Psychologist and a gold medalist in MSc Psychology. He is passionate about reading and writing on psychological topics and is also an expert in digital marketing. With a deep love for the philosophy of life, he explores the intersection of mind, human behavior, marketing. Member of APA (American Psychological Association)




