The way to understand personality traits is to fill in the blanks:

“In negotiations with others [trait] helps me with ….. ”

  1. Ordliness (risk minimization) <-vs–> (reward maximization) Industriousness

  2. Confrontation (risk minimization) <–vs–> (opportunity maximization) Politeness.

As far as I know all emotions can be expressed in three dimensions:

x) Dominance (Aggression) vs (Flight) Submission

y) Pain vs Pleasure.

z) Excitement vs Calm