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Eysenck Theory of Personality
Type- cum- Trait Approach
TYPE –CUM –TRAIT APPROACH
This approach tries to synthesize the type and trait
approaches. Starting with the trait approach, it
yields definite personality types.
The Eysenck theory of personality reflects such an
approach.
ESYNCK’S THEORY OF PERSONALITY
While Cattell has tried to use the factor analysis
technique to give some basic dimensions to
personality by enumerating 16 basic traits, H.J.
Eysenck a German-born British psychologist went
a step further in the adopting factor analysis
technique by extracting second order factors and
grouping traits into definite personality types.
Introversion
Persistence Rigidity Subjectivity Shyness Irritability
Habitual response level
Specific Response level
How individual behaviour is organized and acquires
the shape of a definite type is revealed by the
following illustration.
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