Raymond Cattell's 16 Personality Factors
Factor
A
Warmth
B
Intelligence
C
Emotional
Stability
High Scorers
Low Scorers
Affectothymia: Warm, outgoing, attentive
Schizothymia: Impersonal, distant, cool,
to others, kindly, easy-going, participating, reserved, detached, formal, aloof
likes people
Global 5
Extraversion
also Receptivity
Higher Scholastic Mental Capacity:
Abstract-thinking, more intelligent, bright,
higher general mental capacity, fast
learner
Lower Scholastic Mental Capacity:
Concrete thinking, lower general mental
capacity, less intelligent, unable to handle
abstract problems
n/a
Higher Ego Strength: Emotionally stable,
adaptive, mature, faces reality calmly
Lower Ego Strength: Reactive emotionally,
changeable, affected by feelings,
emotionally less stable, easily upset
Anxiety
Dominance: Dominant, forceful, assertive,
aggressive, competitive, stubborn, bossy
Submissiveness: Deferential, cooperative,
avoids conflict, submissive, humble,
obedient, easily led, docile,
accommodating
Independence
Desurgency: Serious, restrained, prudent,
taciturn, introspective, silent
E
Dominance
F
Impulsivity
Surgency: Lively, animated, spontaneous,
enthusiastic, happy go lucky, cheerful,
expressive, impulsive
G
Conformity
High Super Ego Strength: Rule-conscious, Low Super Ego Strength: Expedient,
dutiful, conscientious, conforming,
nonconforming, disregards rules, self
moralistic, staid, rule bound
indulgent
H
Boldness
I
Sensitivity
Premsia: Sensitive, aesthetic, sentimental, Harria: Utilitarian, objective,
tender minded, intuitive, refined
unsentimental, tough minded, self-reliant,
no-nonsense, rough
L
Skepticism
Protension: Vigilant, suspicious, skeptical,
distrustful, oppositional
Alaxia: Trusting, unsuspecting, accepting,
unconditional, easy
M
Imagination
Autia: Abstract, imaginative, absent
minded, impractical, absorbed in ideas
Praxernia: Grounded, practical, prosaic,
solution oriented, steady, conventional
Receptivity
also Self Control(-)
N
Privateness
Shrewdness: Private, discreet,
nondisclosing, shrewd, polished, worldly,
astute, diplomatic
Artlessness: Forthright, genuine, artless,
open, guileless, naive, unpretentious,
involved
Extraversion(-)
O
Insecurity
Guilt Proneness: Apprehensive, self
doubting, worried, guilt prone, insecure,
worrying, self blaming
Untroubled: Self-Assured, unworried,
complacent, secure, free of guilt,
confident, self satisfied
Anxiety
Q1
Openness to
Change
Radicalism: Open to change,
experimental, liberal, analytical, critical,
free thinking, flexibility
Conservatism: Traditional, attached to
familiar, conservative, respecting
traditional ideas
Receptivity
also Independence
Q2
Self Reliance resourceful, individualistic, self sufficient
Self-Sufficiency: Self-reliant, solitary,
Group Adherence: Group-oriented,
affiliative, a joiner and follower dependent
Extraversion(-)
Q3 Perfectionism
High Self-Concept Control: Perfectionistic,
organized, compulsive, self-disciplined,
socially precise, exacting will power,
control, self-sentimental
Low Integration: Tolerates disorder,
unexacting, flexible, undisciplined, lax,
self-conflict, impulsive, careless of social
rules, uncontrolled
Self Control
Q4
High Ergic Tension: Tense, high energy,
Low Ergic Tension: Relaxed, placid,
impatient, driven, frustrated, over wrought, tranquil, torpid, patient, composed low
time driven
drive
Irritability
Parmia: Socially bold, venturesome, thick
skinned, uninhibited
Threctia: Shy, threat-sensitive, timid,
hesitant, intimidated
Extraversion
also Self Control(-)
Self Control
Extraversion
also Independence
Receptivity
Independence
also Anxiety
Anxiety
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