... describe each person. Trait theory shares an idea more than a well specified definition. These theorists attempt to simplify the vast array of adjectives. Eyseck's trait theory drew on psychologist Jung's introvert and extrovert types. He used numerous groups of people to factor analyse data. Initially two dimensions of personality were proposed. These were (neurotiscism-stabilty and extraversion-introversion).He later added a third dimension (psychoticism-intelligence).Each dimension is composed of a cluster of traits for example, an individual high on one such trait will tend to be high on other traits in the cluster. Catell began by removing any synonyms from this list of adjectives in his trait theory. He then rated a group of subjects and following that, factor analysed the data. From the data he produced 16 "primary factors" (source traits) which he listed in terms of their statistical importance. Examples from this list include reserved vs. warm and relaxed vs.tense .He ...

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