Trait Theories
Gordon Allport: Identified personality traits and believed these traits were innate.
Raymond Cattell: Defined two types of traits, surface traits and source traits. He identified 16 source traits.
The Five-Factor Model (Big Five)
Openness: A person's willingness to try new things and be open to new experiences
Conscientiousness: A person's organization and motivation, e. g. being on time, careful with belongings.
Extraversion: two personality types: extraverts and introverts
Agreeableness: emotional style of a person
Neuroticism: emotional instability or stability
Book suggestions in the Library
Below are suggested books from the library that focus on Trait Theory that may be useful for your research project.
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An Introduction to Theories of Personality by Gordon W. Allport : trait theory -- Raymond B. Cattell and others: factor-analytic trait theory -
Psychology of Extraversion by In this book, the authors present topical research in the study of the psychology of extraversion. Topics discussed include the correlates between subjective well-being and extraversion; the cross-cultural measurement of extraversion; a study of extraversion associations with neuroticism, openness to experience, agreeableness, conscientiousness. -
The Cattell controversy : race, science, and ideology by The Cattell Controversy describes Cattell's socio-religious beliefs in detail and analyzes their relationship to his scientific contributions.
