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  1. Overview of Factor and Trait Theories
  2. Biography of Hans J. Eysenck
  3. The Pioneering Work of Raymond B. Cattell
  4. Basics of Factor Analysis
  5. Eysenck's Factor Theory
    1. Criteria for Identifying Factors
    2. Hierarchy of Behavior Organization
  6. Dimensions of Personality
    1. Extraversion
    2. Neuroticism
    3. Psychoticism
  7. Measuring Personality
  8. Biological Bases of Personality
  9. Personality as a Predictor
    1. Personality and Behavior
    2. Personality and Disease
  10. The Big Five: Taxonomy or Theory?
  11. Biographies of Robert R. McCrae and Paul T. Costa, Jr.
  12. In Search of the Big Five
    1. Five Factors Found
    2. Description of the Five Factors
  13. Evolution of the Five-Factor Theory
    1. Units of the Five Factor Theory
      1. Core Components of Personality
        1. Basic Tendencies
        2. Characteristic Adaptations
        3. Self-Concept
      2. Peripheral Components
        1. Biological Bases
        2. Objective Biography
        3. External Influences
    2. Basic Postulates
      1. Postulates for Basic Tendencies
      2. Postulates for Characteristic
  14. Related Research
    1. Personality and Creative Scientists and Artists
    2. Biology and Personality
    3. Personality and Culture
    4. Five-Factor Model Across Culture
    5. Stability of Traits Over the Lifespan
  15. Critique of Trait and Factor Theories
  16. Concept of Humanity
  17. Key Terms and Concepts





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