Feist−Feist: Theories of
Personality, Seventh
EditionIV. Dispositional Theories 14. Eysenck, McCrae, and
Costa’s Trait and Factor
Theories(^416) © The McGraw−Hill
Companies, 2009
Neuroticism and psychoticism are not limited to pathological individuals, al-
though disturbed people tend to score higher than normal people on scales measur-
ing these two factors. Eysenck regarded all three factors as part of normal personal-
ity structure. All three are bipolar, with extraversion being at one end of Factor E and
introversionoccupying the opposite pole. Similarly, Factor N includes neuroticism
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FIGURE 14.4 The hierarchical structure of P (psychoticism), E (extraversion-
introversion), and N (neuroticism).
From Biological dimensions of personality by H. J. Eysenck (1990). In L. A. Pervin (Ed.), Handbook of Personality:
Theory and Research(pp. 224–276). New York: Guilford Press. Reprinted by permission of Guilford Press.
P
Sensation-
seeking
Low
self-esteem
Aggressive Cold Egocentric Impersonal
Antisocial Unempathic Creative Tough-minded
Impulsive
E
Sociable Lively Active Assertive
Carefree Dominant Surgent Venturesome
N
Anxious Depressed Guilt feelings
Irrational Shy Moody Emotional
Tense