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the standard scales characterized the agreeable person as trusting, but our participants did not say this. Our participants said that extraverts and conscientious people were kind and compassionate but the standard scales did not. The standard scales referred to impulsivity and self-consciousness for neuroticism, but our participants did not; on the other hand, our participants talked about obsessive-compulsive behavior and other deviant behavior styles that were not on the standard neuroticism scales. Finally, the standard scales included imagination/fantasy and deep emotionality for openness to experience, neither of which was mentioned by our participants, while our participants included outgoingness and friendliness (care, and compassion) that the scales did not.