LEKSIČKI PRISTUP U PSIHOLOGIJI LIČNOSTI: PREGLED TAKSONOMIJA OPISIVAČA OSOBINA LIČNOSTI
THE LEXICAL APPROACH IN PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY: A REVIEW OF PERSONALITY DESCRIPTIVE TAXONOMIES

Summary/Abstract: The paper describes the lexical approach in personality psychology and the development of personality descriptive taxonomies in various languages and cultures. The lexical approach is based on the assumption that the most important personality traits are encoded as words in natural languages and that the analysis of the structure of those words may lead to a scientifically acceptable personality model. Starting with Galton's lexical hypothesis, through initial research of adjective structure in the United States of America, the lexical approach and associated taxonomies expanded to other countries and other word classes in recent years.

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