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Jane tends to focus excessively on details and gets caught up in her work for hours because she is preoccupied with perfecting every project before she turns it in. She needs structure and rules to be comfortable in any situation. She can get very stuck in her ways and doesn’t like it when things change. She does not like art or creative expression, viewing it as a waste of time and effort. She gets angry when things don’t go her way and she feels very nervous when she is faced with new situations and people, which frequently overwhelm her. She keeps to herself and has a hard time forming new relationships or meeting new people. She is often viewed by her coworkers as being full of herself and argumentative. She thinks these people just don’t like her and they are out to get her by making her look bad.What combination of traits does Jane likely have? Jane is: Group of answer choices

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From a Big 5 personality theory perspective, Jane is likely to:

• Be high on neuroticism - she easily gets angy when things don't go her way.
• Be hign on conscientiousness - she is a perfectionist, focuses on detail, and worries about doing her tasks well.
• Be low on opennes - she does not like creative expression.
• Be low on agreeableness - her coworkers described Jane as arrogant and argumentative.
• Be low on extraversion - she has a hard time meeting new people.

From a MBTI perspective, Janes is likely to be an INTJ: introverted, intuitive, a thinker and a judger.

Intjs are argumentative, perfectionists, extremely introverted, smart, preoccupied about work, achievements and status, and a bit disagreable.