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    Dispositional Psychological Theories

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    A 3 paper that reports the key points from dispositional theorists such as Allport, Eysenck, Cattell, McCrae, and Costa. The writer comments on their contributions to the field and offers an opinion about Allport’s arguments that motivation is driven by present drives. The paper also comments on personality and mortality. Bibliography lists 1 source.

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    focus on the present instead of the past. Allport argued that personalities were comprised of 5 to 10 traits, even though he identified 18,000 different trait names in a dictionary.  Eysenck argued that personalities were comprised of only three major factors. Eysenck would later do more analyses and determine there were three more bipolar factors in personalities and came up  with his Five-Factor Theory. Cattell used an inductive method to gather data regarding the number of traits in a personality. Like Allport, Cattell separated traits into common traits and  unique traits (Feist & Feist, 2009). His approach led him to the conclusion that personality includes 35 primary traits. McCrae would become involved in Cattells psychometric work. he was particularly  interested in using factor analysis to determine personality traits (Feist & Feist, 2009). And, later, McCrae would work with Costa where their appointments allowed them to continue studying the structure  of the personality. In the early 1980s, Costa and McCrae were promoting a three-factor personality but by the middle of the decade, they were promoting a five factor model, the  NEO-PI (Feist & Feist, 2009). The five factors are neuroticism, extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness. By the 1990s, most psychologists were accepting the five factor model.  All of these theorists had a great impact on the study of the structure of the personality. It was Allport who began the move away from the average common  traits to look at each individual uniquely so we could say that he had the greatest impact. He was meticulous even in his definition of personality and he was the  first to argue that personality does not just sit there, it does things (Feist & Feist, 2009). It does not just adapt to the environment, it causes the environment to 

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