| Big Five Personality Dimensions | Heritability |
|---|---|
| Openness | .61 |
| Conscientiousness | .44 |
| Extraversion | .53 |
| Neuroticism | .41 |
| Agreeableness | .41 |
| Heritability is the degree to which heredity is responsible for a particular characteristic. Here, we can see the percent of variation in the Big Five traits attributed to genetic make-up, leaving the remainder to be attributed to environmental influences. | |
| SOURCE: JANG, LIVESLEY, AND VERNON (1996). | |