INFLUENCE OF PERSONALITY TRAITS ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS (A CASE STUDY OF IBADAN SOUTH WEST LGA, OYO STATE)
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Personality traits can simply be said to be distinct qualities that are the embodiment of an individual. They are regarded as one’s habitual patterns of
behavior, temperament and emotion. Personality traits are a household name among people, but few know exactly what it is (Schneewind and Ruppert,
1998). It is certainly true that it is challenging to put human personality which Goethe (1970) called the greatest happiness for people of this earth into
scientific terms. Personality traits determine a couple of important characteristics and how people associate/interact with others. Personality can be measured as a set of items usually questions about attitude, behavior and feelings to which the subjects have to respond by agreeing or disagreeing with that question or assertions (Kline, 1993
