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This chapter discusses the personality trait known as agreeableness. Agreeableness is an abstract, higher level summary term for a set of relations among connected lower level characteristics. It describes individual differences in being likeable, pleasant, and harmonious in relations with others. Research shows that persons who are described by others as" kind" are also described as" considerate" and" warm," implicating a superordinate dimension that is relatively stable over time and related to a wide range of thoughts, feelings, and social behaviors. Agreeableness is one of the five major dimensions of personality in the Big Five, the one most concerned with how individuals differ in their orientations toward interpersonal relationships. One way to conceptualize agreeableness is as a moderator of various kinds of interpersonal behaviors. If persons differ in their motivation to maintain positive relationships with …