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| A theory holding that a vulnerability plus stress creates problems in behavior. |
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| A person who is outgoing and prefers social and exciting activities. |
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| A dimension that underlies a set of interrelated measures, such as items on a self-report inventory. |
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| A statistical procedure used to find basic dimensions underlying a set of measures. |
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| A correlation between a single measure and the factor to which it is being related. |
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| Pertaining to an approach that focuses on an individual person's uniqueness. |
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| The idea that situations and personality interact to determine behavior. |
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| Personality patterns deriving from varying levels of dominance and love. |
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| A person who prefers solitary activities. |
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| An index of the importance of a trait from the number of words that refers to it. |
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| Pertaining to an approach that focuses on norms and on variations among persons. |
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| A stereotypic correlation between personality and behavior of about 0.30. |
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| A factor that emerges from a factor analysis performed on a set of previously found factors. |
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| The idea that situations are the primary determinants of behavior. |
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| Dimensions of personality on which people vary. |
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| Distinct and discontinuous categories of persons. |
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