ABDULLAH MEHMOOD
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DEPARTMENT: AVM
PRESENTED TO: SADIA ISHAQUE

PSYCHOLOGY
THE BIG FIVE
O.C.E.A.N.
PERSONALITY TRAITS

HISTORY OF PERSONALITY TRAIT
MODEL
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GORDON ALLPORT
3 Trait Theory
In 1936, psychologist Gordon Allport found that one English-language dictionary alone contained ,more than four
thousand words
describing different personality traits. He categorized these traits into three levels.
• Cardinal Traits
• Central Traits
• Secondary Traits

Raymond Cattell
16 Trait Theory
Trait theorist Raymond Cattell reduced the number of main personality traits from Allport’s list of over 4000 down to
16 by means
Of a statistical technique called factor analysis. Some of these are given as follows;
1. Emotional
2. Intelligent
3. Suspicious
4. Reserved
5. Undisciplined etc

Hans Eysenck
Universal Trait Theory
British psychologist Hans Eysenck developed a model of personality developed a model of personality based upon just
three universal traits which he thought were sufficient to describe human personality. These are given as follows:
1. Introversion / Extroversion
2. Neuroticism / Emotional Stability
3. Psychoticism

The Big Five
Lewis Goldberg

The initial model was advanced by Ernest Tupes and Raymond Christal in
1961,but failed to reach an academic audience until the 1980s. In 1990,
J.M. Digman advanced his five-factor model of personality, which
The initial model was advanced by Ernest Tupes and Raymond Christal in
1961, but failed to reach an academic audience until the 1980s. In 1990,
J.M. Digman advanced his five-factor model of personality, which Lewis
Goldberg extended to the highest level of organization. These five
overarching domains have been found to contain and subsume most
known personality traits and are assumed to represent the basic
structure behind all personality traits. extended to the highest level of
organization. These five overarching domains have been found to
contain and subsume most known personality traits and are assumed to
represent the basic structure behind all personality traits.

THE BIG FIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS:

1. Openness to Experience:

2. Conscientiousness:

3. Extraversion:

4. Agreeableness:

5. Neuroticism: