Answer to Question #295870 in Psychology for Sheza

Question

Based on trait theories (i.e., personality characteristics that can be measured along a scale or continuum, with people ranging from low to high on each characteristic).

• Which model—PEN, OCEAN, or HEXACO—do you think provides the better overview of the fundamental traits that are of interest when examining personality? Why?

• Do you think that traits such as these are better characterized in terms of dichotomies (e.g., you are either an introvert or you are an extravert, like on the MBTI) or along a continuum (e.g., you can be lower or higher in extraversion, like with the PEN, OCEAN, and HEXACO models)? In other words, do you have a preference for “type theories” or “trait theories”?
• Are there are any major personality traits that seem to be ignored by all of these models, or have these theorists covered the most important ones, in your view?

Answer 1

On the basis of attribute concepts for instance personality characteristics that can be measured along a scale or continuum, with people ranging from low to high on each characteristic.