Abstract
Current research was designed to explore the personality traits and the
learning styles among students of mathematic, architecture, and finearts. Personality traits were measured with the help of NEO
Personality Inventory-Revised (NEO-PI-R; Costa & McCrea, 1985)
and learning styles were measured through Learning Preferences
Inventory (LPI; Hanson & Silver, 1978). The 135 students from
universities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi were contacted. The
findings indicated that there was a positive relationship between
mastery learners and conscientiousness, interpersonal learners and
agreeableness, understanding learners and openness and selfexpressive learners and extroversion. There was a significant negative
relationship between neuroticism and mastery, interpersonal,
understanding, and self-expressive learners. It was found that girls
scored higher on interpersonal and understanding learners as
compared to boys. It was found that girl scored high on neuroticism
and openness as compared to boys. It has been found the Learning
style has significant impact among students of mathematics,
architecture and fine arts.
Rabia Zonash, Irum Naqvi. (2011) Personality Traits and Learning Styles among Students of Mathematics, Architecture, and Fine Arts , Journal of Behavioural Sciences, Volume 21, Issue 1.
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