The trait approach covers the five broad personality traits: extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness to experience. These five traits have been identified as the most identifiable personality traits, even across cultures and societies. According to McCrae, Costa, and Busch's (1986) study on the completeness of the personality system, the big five model of personality included the five traits with which the most identified individuals were asked to describe themselves and others. I found this segment of the lesson particularly intriguing because it helped me not only learn a lot about myself, but also get a deeper look into the personalities of my family, my colleagues, and even strangers. I'm also more aware of how I self-monitor my personality traits. For example, I am a very introverted person, but sometimes I try to be extroverted based on the environment. In highly social environments, I consciously smile and try to talk to people because I want to be perceived in a favorable light, not really because I feel the need to be sociable. In other words, I don't want to be perceived as weird. I think I developed this form of self-monitoring because when I'm introverted during social events people constantly ask me if I'm okay since I'm quiet, which makes me uncomfortable because they make me the center of attention. Being the center of attention makes me anxious, and so to avoid that I have developed a faux-extrovert to avoid it. This exemplified how I apply self-monitoring to my daily life. The trait approach gave me insight into how to identify widely accepted personality traits and how each of these traits can be influenced and influenced.