Humans are known to everyone personality tests are usually based on five main factors: honesty, extraversion, neurological, openness and adaptability. In order to study the dog's personality, the United States, Texas University of Texas at Austin psychologist Samuel Gosling designed based on the characteristics of a dog, a similar test methods. This test mode for five criteria: outgoing, happy, emotional stability, and the courage to try new experiences, as well as the ability to control impulses diligence. His breakdown of these standards to the dog's personality and found the dog's temperament is also called, say, is not optimistic, brave or not and so on. For example, studies in order to allow pet owners leave their dogs with other dogs leave, observe the dog's reaction to assess their "emotional stability."
Gosling said that the characteristics of the human personality, will also appear in dogs. Dogs do not have human character, only the "credibility, selfish or not and whether they could trust," this one.
Gosling is also based on the dog's personality differences will be divided into two major types of soft and hard.
Among them, the soft type of dog sensitivity is very strong, for a variety of external stimuli poor endurance, emotional ups and downs, we can say a little bit nervous. Or because they are frightened by the doorbell, generating intense reaction even barking, or by thunder, fireworks voice trembled incessantly. In contrast, the rigid type of dog, whether mental or physical, for external stimulation of endurance are strong, most of them are open-minded and cheerful, bold and positive personality, very independent, with a strong defensive instincts, angry with may make surprise attacks.
The researchers also found that the nerve, adaptability, and extraversion are all species have properties. Gosling said, "to assess the dog's personality is like for people to assess the character of the same." He believes that a more thorough understanding of animal personality, will help promote the human personality basic biology and genetics research.
