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Difference between source trait and surface trait

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Answered by vanshkumar26
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Surface Traits

Surface traits are a concept developed by Raymond Cattell whose work concentrated on personality traits. He theorized that there are 16 source traits that are the building blocks of personality. All these traits form part of an individual's personality. When you put the source traits together along with other variables in the environment they make up the surface traits, which are the traits we see and think of as personality. Surface traits are considered one construct of multiple traits that go together.

For example, being altruistic would be a surface trait while source traits that comprise this would be being unselfishness, not greedy, sharing, and being thoughtful. A surface trait is comprised of the source traits that can be observed in an individual and are easily observable and common clusters of behavior. Cattell considered source traits to be more influential than surface traits in studying personality.

SOURCE TRAITS

A concept developed by Raymond Cattell, Source Traits are the building blocks or sources of human personality. Cattell believed there are 16 of these source traits. For example, a person may be reserved or outgoing, serious or happy-go-lucky, and submissive or dominant.

Answered by Cetacea
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Distinguishing factors between surface traits and source traits is described as follows:-

  • Surface traits are considered to be present on surface of personality but source trait are the personality element tat is present underneath behavior and characteristic.
  • Surface traits are easily visible to other people as they appear easily whereas source trait are not easily visible as they underlie in personality.

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