Question

Cattell and and his theory on traits seem to be very popular. A person may be viewed in his or her personality as being polite or rude, excited or bored, self-assured or insecure. We also tend to be somewhat rigid in viewing a person as having either the good or positive side of these traits or more towards what we believe is the poor or negative side of these traits. You are to give a real-life example, using at least FIVE source traits (there are 16 in all) and describe a person you know with these characteristics. You can use a famous person, but if you use someone you know, please do not give identifying information such as his or her name. Now provide at least two examples of HOW he or she demonstrates these traits in real-life

Answer 1

1. Trait:

Primary Factor : Warmth

Low Score: My friend "A" scores low on the trait "warmth"

Example 1: "A" never goes out to any social events. She did not even come for the annual school night. I am the only person in the class who talks to her and once i asked her to accompany me to birthday party that our classmate was throwing at her house, "A" refused without giving me any reason.

Example 2 : During our orientation session, some girls went to "A" to to be friends with her. "A" did not say anything to them and got up anf left from there.

High Score: My friend "C" scores high on the trait warmth

Example 1: My entire class is frinds with "C". Whenever we plan to have any party, we cant imagine to have it without " "C" as "C" keeps the partt alive

Example 2: "C" is very helpful. Once I lost by book a day before the exam, "C" called me to her house and offered me to study from her notes. She saved my from fluking my exam that day.

2. Trait

Primary Factor: Sensitivity

Low Score:

My friend "d" scores low on the trait "sensitivity"

Example 1: Once "d's" mother was not well. We went to the hospital to see her mother. Her sister was crying profusely as doctors had just informed them about the surjery that mother will have to go through but "d" was not crying. She looked perfectly normal to me.

Example: 2 years back "d" lost her grandmother. When she came back to school after few days it did not look like that she was upset it. She was behaving very normally in the class

My friend "E" scores high on the trait sensitivity

Example 1: One day our history teacher scolded "E" in the class and she started crying.

Example 2: On the homecoming dance when 2 of our classmates joked about something with "E", she could not take it and left the dance and went home.

3. Trait

Primary Factor: Perfectionism

Low Score: My friend "G" scores low on the trait "Perfectionism"

Example 1: On the final day of our file submission "G" lost her practical file. she did not remember where she kept it.

Example 2: I went for a group study to "G's" hostel room. That was the first time I was visiting her room. The room was really messy, disorganized. It did not have any place to sit as all her clother were lying on her bed. I could not stand to be there for even a minute.

High Score: My friend "H" scores high on the trait Perfectionism

Example 1: Once I borrowed "H" notebook to copy some of her notes as I was absent the previoud day. She had such beautiful handwritting and all her notes were copied in a very systematic manner and neatly written

Example 2: "H" played a major role in organizing my sister's birthday as we are very close friends. "H" managed everything so nicely. All the things were done on time. She was very organized when she was planning the party.

4. Trait

Primary Factor : Rule - Conciousness

Low Score: My friend "X" scores low on the trait "Rule - Conciousness"

Example 1: "X" never listens to her mother. "X" knows that her mother is allergic to dogs but still "X" bought them.

Example 2: Wearing short skirts got banned in the school but everyday "X" would come wearing one. After regular warning she got suspended for 3 days from school.

High Score: My friend "Y" scores high on the trait "Rule - Conciousness"

Example 1: One day the entire class decided that they would not come to school, nobody came to school except "Y"

Example 2: The school timings got changed in the summer. We were asked to come to school 1 hour before the schduled time. Next day everybody came to class a bit late except "Y". "Y" came 15 minuites before the scheduled time.

5. Trait

Primary Factor: Reasoning

Low Score: My friend "W" scores low on the trait "Reasoning"

Example 1: "W" is not able to solve even simple mathmatical problems like multiplication, substraction etc. Even for simple addition and subtractions "W" uses calculator

Example 2: "W" is very bad with puzzles. Her younger sister once needed help with solving a puzzle, "W" was unable to help her.

High Score: My friend "R" scores high on the trait "Reasoning"

Example 1: "R" recently won the maths scholastic exam. One day I saw her helping a senior with her math problem

Example 2: "R" given tuitions to her classmates. She is the first person to give asnwer to all the question that the teacher asks.