2 docs tagged with "source-traits"

Raymond Cattell: Trait Theory of Personality — Source Traits, Factor Analysis, and the 16PF

Comprehensive study of Raymond Cattell's factor-analytic trait theory — surface vs. source traits, the 16PF questionnaire, ERGs and SEMs, the specification equation, and Cattell's multivariate approach to personality.

Trait Theories of Personality: Allport and Cattell

Detailed examination of Allport's idiographic trait hierarchy (cardinal, central, secondary traits) and Cattell's factor-analytic approach distinguishing source traits from surface traits, constitutional from environmental traits, and the 16PF questionnaire.