. ▁ ▁Mod els ▁of ▁Person ality ▁In ▁contemporary ▁psych ology , ▁the ▁most ▁commonly ▁accepted ▁model ▁of ▁person ality ▁structure ▁is ▁the ▁" Big ▁Five " ▁or ▁" F ive ▁F actor ▁Model ." ▁Rec ent ▁research ▁using ▁factor ▁analysis ▁has ▁suggested ▁that ▁the ▁five ▁domains ▁of ▁the ▁Big ▁Five ▁have ▁two ▁higher - order ▁factors , ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁met atra its . ▁The ▁two ▁met atra its ▁are ▁St ability , ▁which ▁is ▁composed ▁of ▁Big ▁Five ▁factors ▁of ▁Ag ree ab len ess , ▁Cons cient ious ness , ▁and ▁Em ot ional ▁St ability ▁( the ▁reverse ▁of ▁Ne uro t ic ism ) ▁and ▁Pl astic ity , ▁which ▁includes ▁the ▁Big ▁Five ▁factors ▁of ▁Ext ra version ▁and ▁Op enn ess / Int el lect ▁( comm only ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁Op enn ess ▁to ▁Exper ience ). ▁St ability ▁is ▁defined ▁by ▁one ' s ▁maintenance ▁of ▁stability ▁and ▁hypoth es ized ▁to ▁be ▁related ▁to ▁the ▁ne uro trans mit ter ▁ser ot on in , ▁while ▁Pl astic ity ▁is ▁seen ▁in ▁one ' s ▁adapt ability ▁to ▁novel ty ▁and ▁hypoth es ized ▁to ▁be ▁related ▁to ▁the ▁ne uro trans mit ter ▁dop am ine . ▁De You ng ▁has ▁also ▁proposed ▁an ▁expanded ▁classification ▁of ▁the ▁Big ▁Five ▁div iding ▁each ▁of ▁the ▁Big ▁Five ▁into ▁two ▁sub - dim ensions . ▁De You ng , ▁Qu ilty ▁and ▁Pet erson ▁( 2 0 0 7 ) ▁suggested ▁the ▁following