Personality as a Gestalt: A Cluster Analytic Approach to the Big Five

There has been a recent resurgence in interest in the study of personality types. This personality type research has focused on the uncovering of statistical types, rather than relying on rationally developed types. Using the method of cluster analysis, I investigated whether such statistical types could be uncovered and whether they correspond to the types described in previous analyses. The expected number of personality types was uncovered and, while these types resemblanced the personality types discussed in the literature, the patterns of scores for these types were not exactly as hypothesized.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Department of Psychology

Year

2009

Author dc:creator

• Reece, Thomas John

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Reagan Brown (Director), Dr. Rick Grieve,Dr. Tony Paquin

• cluster analysis
• personality variables
• typology in psychology
• Personality and Social Contexts
• Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/123

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.wku.edu:theses-1123