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Prepared by:MARIA ANGELA L. DIOPOL
MP-SP
Raymond Cattell’s Factor-Analytic
Trait Theory
Raymond Bernard Cattell
1905-1998
Cattell was born in England in 1905 to a family of engineers.Cattell was a bright student, graduating with his doctorate in psychology in 1929 from the University of London at 23.In 1937, Cattell was invited to the states by E.L. Thorndike in New York. It was in Illinois, that he spent his most productive years developing personality tests. In 1997, he was awarded a lifetime achievement award from the American Psychological Foundation.
Publications
Description and Measurement of PersonalityPersonality: A Systematic, Theoretical, and Factual Study
The Scientific Analysis of Personality
Structured Personality-Learning Theory
1946
1950
1983
1957
1966
Personality and Motivation Structure
1990 Handbook of personality
Psychological Tests
The Culture Free Test of IntelligenceThe O-A Personality Test Battery
The Motivation Analysis TestSixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire
1944
1954
1950
1973
1970
The Clinical Analysis Questionnaire
Cattell’s Approaches to Measuring the Structure of Personality
• Inductive method• 3 Media of Observation (L-data, Q-
data, and T-data)• Common and Unique Traits• Source and Surface Traits• Temperament, Motivation, and Ability• 16 Personality Factors Questionnaire
(16PF Scale)
Factor Analysis
• A complicated statistical method that
finds relationships among many
different or diverse items and allows
them to be grouped together.
Trait Theory
• An approach for analyzing the
structure of personality by
measuring, identifying, and
classifying similarities and
differences in personality or traits.
• Cattell views personality as a complex and differentiated structure of traits.
View of Personality
Q-Data
Questionnaire Data
Self-rating questionnaire
- Asking people to describe themselves in response to a set of standard questions.
T-Data
Objective test Data
- The creation of special situations in which the person’s behavior may be objectively scored.
L-Data
Life Record Data
- Actual records of the person’s behavior in society.
3 Major Sources of Data About Personality
Trait
• relatively permanent reaction
tendencies that are basic structural
units of the personality.
Traits
SURFACE TRAITSSURFACE TRAITS SOURCE TRAITSSOURCE TRAITS
The Nature of Personality:A Structure of Traits
ABILITY TRAITS
1. Fluid Intelligence
2. Crystallized Intelligence
TEMPERAMENT
• style and tempo of behavior
• largely constitutional (inherited)
DYNAMIC TRAITS
1. Attitudes2. Ergs3. Sentiments
(Sems)
The Nature of Personality:A Structure of Traits
16 PF
• Warmth• Reasoning• Emotional Stability• Dominance• Liveliness• Rule-Consciousness• Social Boldness• Sensitivity
• Vigilance• Abstractedness• Privateness• Apprehensiveness• Openness to
Change• Self-Reliance• Perfectionism• Tension
Global FactorsGlobal Factors were derived from
the primary traits. These describe the personality on a broader level.
• Extraversion• Anxiety
• Tough-Mindedness• Independence
• Self-Control
Help to find the right person for the job,and the right job for the person
Stages of Personality Development
In a memorial biography, Heather E. P. Cattell and John Horn wrote,
“…he must be considered among a very small handful of people in this century who have most influenced the shape of psychology as a science."
Cattell, H. E. P. & Horn, J. (2012). A short biography: Raymond Bernard Cattell. Retrieved from http://www.cattell.net/devon/rbcbio.htm
• Raymond Cattell's professional writings ranked as the seventh most frequently cited in psychology journals
• Cattell was ranked at number 16
S. J. Haggbloom et al. (2002), "The 100 most eminent psychologists of the 20th century", Review of General Psychology, 6(2), 139-152.
REFERENCES
Cattell, R. B. (1946). The description and
measurement of personality. New York, NY:
Harcourt, Brace, & World.
Cattell, R. B. (1957). Personality and motivation
structure and measurement. New York, NY:
World Book.
Cattell, H. E. P. & Horn, J. (2012). A short biography: Raymond Bernard Cattell. Retrieved from http://www.cattell.net/devon/rbcbio.htm
Conn, S.R., & Rieke, M.L. (1994). The 16PF Fifth
Edition technical manual. Champaign, IL:
Institute for Personality and Ability Testing, Inc.
Feist,Jess and Gregory, Theories of Personality, 2010
Hall,Lindzey and Campbell, Theories of Personality,4th ed.,1998
Horn, J. (2000). Cattell, Raymond B. In A. E. Kazdin (Ed), Encyclopedia of psychology, 2, 55-57. Washington DC: American Psychological Association.
Indiana University. (2007). Raymond B. Cattell. Human Intelligence. Found online at http://www.indiana.edu/~intell/rcattell.shtml
McEntarffer, R. and Weseley,A.J., Barron’s AP Psychology 5th ed.,2012
Morris, et al., Psychology:Concepts and Applications,2007.
S. J. Haggbloom et al. (2002), "The 100 most eminent psychologists of the 20th century", Review of General Psychology, 6(2), 139-152.