2. Raymond Bernard Cattell
1905-1998
Cattell was born in
England in 1905 to a family
of engineers.
Cattell was a bright
student, graduating with
his doctorate in
psychology in 1929 from
the University of London at
23.
In 1937, Cattell was
invited to the states by E.L.
Thorndike in New York.
It was in Illinois, that he
spent his most productive
years developing
personality tests.
In 1997, he was awarded
a lifetime achievement
award from the American
Psychological Foundation.
3. Publications
Description and Measurement of
Personality
Personality: A Systematic, Theoretical,
and Factual Study
The Scientific Analysis of Personality
Structured Personality-Learning Theory
1946
1950
1983
1957
1966
Personality and Motivation Structure
1990 Handbook of personality
4. Psychological Tests
The Culture Free Test of
Intelligence
The O-A Personality Test Battery
The Motivation Analysis Test
Sixteen Personality Factor
Questionnaire
1944
1954
1950
1973
1970
The Clinical Analysis
Questionnaire
5. Cattell’s Approaches to Measuring the Structure
of Personality
• Inductive method
• 3 Media of Observation (L-data, Q-
data, and T-data)
• Common and Unique Traits
• Source and Surface Traits
• Temperament, Motivation, and Ability
• 16 Personality Factors Questionnaire
(16PF Scale)
6.
7. Factor Analysis
• A complicated statistical method that
finds relationships among many
different or diverse items and allows
them to be grouped together.
8. Trait Theory
• An approach for analyzing the
structure of personality by measuring,
identifying, and classifying similarities
and differences in personality or traits.
10. Q-Data
Questionnaire
Data
Self-rating
questionnaire
- Asking people
to describe
themselves in
response to a
set of
standard
questions.
T-Data
Objective test
Data
- The creation of
special
situations in
which the
person’s
behavior may
be objectively
scored.
L-Data
Life Record Data
- Actual records
of the person’s
behavior in
society.
3 Major Sources of Data About Personality
16. Global Factors
Global Factors were derived from
the primary traits. These describe the
personality on a broader level.
• Extraversion
• Anxiety
• Tough-Mindedness
• Independence
• Self-Control
17. Help to find the right person for the job,
and the right job for the person
20. In a memorial biography, Heather E. P. Cattell
and John Horn wrote,
“…he must be considered among a
very small handful of people in this
century who have most influenced the
shape of psychology as a science."
Cattell, H. E. P. & Horn, J. (2012). A short biography:
Raymond Bernard Cattell. Retrieved from
http://www.cattell.net/devon/rbcbio.htm
21. • Raymond Cattell's professional writings
ranked as the seventh most frequently
cited in psychology journals
• Cattell was ranked at number 16
S. J. Haggbloom et al. (2002), "The 100 most
eminent psychologists of the 20th century",
Review of General Psychology, 6(2), 139-152.
22. REFERENCES
Cattell, R. B. (1946). The description and measurement of personality. NewYork, NY:
Harcourt, Brace, & World.
Cattell, R. B. (1957). Personality and motivation structure and measurement. NewYork,
NY: World Book.
Cattell, H. E. P. & Horn, J. (2012). A short
biography: Raymond Bernard Cattell.
Retrieved from
http://www.cattell.net/devon/rbcbio.htm
Conn, S.R., & Rieke, M.L. (1994). The 16PF Fifth Edition technical manual. Champaign,
IL: Institute for Personality andAbilityTesting, Inc.
Feist,Jess and Gregory, Theories of
Personality, 2010
Hall,Lindzey and Campbell, Theories of
Personality,4th ed.,1998
Horn, J. (2000). Cattell, Raymond B. In
A. E. Kazdin (Ed), Encyclopedia of
psychology, 2, 55-57. Washington
DC: American Psychological
Association.
Indiana University. (2007). Raymond B.
Cattell. Human Intelligence. Found
online at
http://www.indiana.edu/~intell/rcattell.sh
McEntarffer, R. and Weseley,A.J.,
Barron’s AP Psychology 5th
ed.,2012
Morris, et al., Psychology:Concepts
and Applications,2007.
S. J. Haggbloom et al. (2002), "The 100
most eminent psychologists of the
20th century", Review of General
Psychology, 6(2), 139-152.
