16 PF (Personality factors)

The 16 Personality factors measured by 16PF questionnaire, which had made by Psychologist Raymond Cattell. 16 PF was designed for determining the personality of an individual. Its based upon 16 personality factors of a person.

Forms of 16PF

There are basically 5 types of forms A,B,C,D and E. out of which A, B, C and D are mainly focus on adults and form E covers children, less intelligence and culturally deprived adults.

These forms provides a series of more then 100 questions for considering the 16 factors of an individual.

16 Factors of 16 PF1. WARMTH (A)- It considers that a person is a

reserved kind of per or an outgoing kind of .

2. REESONING (B)- It works upon the intelligence of a person.

3. EMOTIONAL STABLITY (C)- It handle with the emotional aspect of the person that is he or she emotionally stable of affected by the feeling

4. DOMINANCE (E)- It considers the nature of the person that the nature of the person is cooperative, aggressive, obedient or competitive.

Continued ………5. LIVELINESS (F)– This factor deals that how

much a person is cheerful happy expressive enthusiastic or serious, silent, prudent.

6. RULE CONSCIOUSNESS (G)7. SOCIAL BOLDNESS(H)- This factor work upon

person’s ability to face the society that is the person socially bold and venturesome, hesitant and threat- sensitive or shy.

8. SENSTIVITY(I)- it consider that is the person is sensitive, realistic, over protected, tough minded or tender minded.

9. VIGILANCE(L)-this factor determines that a person is how much self oriented, hard to fool, trusting or distrustful.

Continued……….10.ABTRACTEDNESS(M)- this factor considers

that a person is , abstract, grounded, real, imaginative, practical, solution oriented or conventional.

11.PRIVATENESS(N)- private or open with people ,genuine or diplomatic

12.APPREHENSION(O)- self assure or self doubting, worried or unworried. Self satisfied or self blaming

13. OPENNESS TO CHANGE(Q1)14.SELF-RELIENCE(Q2)- self oriented ,group

oriented, self sufficient , affiliative.15.PERFECTIONISM(Q3)16.TENSION(Q4)

Description of Low score

Primary factors

Description of High score

Impersonal, distant, cool, reserved,

detached, formal, aloof

Warmth (A)

Warm, outgoing, attentive to others, kindly, easy-going, participating, likes

people

Concrete thinking, lower general mental

capacity, less intelligent,problme

with abstract problems

Reasoning

(B)

Abstract-thinking, more intelligent, bright,

higher general mental capacity, fast learner

Reactive emotional, changeable affected by

feeling, emotionally less stable, easily

upset

Emotional stability

(C )

Emotionally stable, adaptive, mature, faces

reality calmly.

Deferential, cooperative, avoids conflict, submissive, humble, obedient.

Dominance

(E)

Dominant, forceful, assertive, aggressive,

competitive, bossy, stub

Results of 16 personality factors

Continued……….Serious, retraining, prudent taciturn,

introspective, silent

Liveliness(F)

Lively, animated spontaneous,

enthusiastic, expressive cheerful.

Expedient, nonconforming,

disregarded rules, self indulgent

Rule consciousne

ss(G)

Rule conscious, dutiful, conscientious, conforming, moralistic, staid, rule bound

Shy, threat-sensitive, timid, hesitant,

intimidated.

Social boldness

(H)

Socially bold, venturesome, thick

skinned, uninhibited.

Utilitarian, objective, tough minded, rough,

self reliant.

Sensitivity (I)

Sensitive, aesthetic, sentimental ,tender, minded, intuitive,

refined

Trusting, unsuspecting, accepting ,easy.

Vigilance(L)

Vigilant, suspicious, skeptical, distrustful,

oppositional

Grounded, practical, prosaic, solution oriented, steady,

conventional.

Abstractness (M)

Abstract, imaginative, absent minded,

impractical, absorbed in ideas.

Forthright, genuine, artless, open,

guileless, naïve, unpretentious,

involved.

Privateness(N)

Private, discreet, no disclosing, shrewd, polished, worldly,

astute, diplomatic.

Self assured, unworried,

complacent, secure, free of guilt,

confident, self satisfied

Apprehension (O)

Apprehension, self doubting, worried,

guilt, prone, insecure, self blaming.

Traditional, attached to familiar,

conservative, respecting traditional

ideas

Openness to change

(Q1)

Open to change, experimental, liberal,

analytical, critical, free thinking,

flexibility.

Group oriented, affiliative, a joiner or follower dependent.

Self reliance (Q2)

Self reliant, solitary, resourceful,

individualistic, self-sufficient.

Tolerates disorder, lax, impulsive careless,

uncontrolled, undisciplined.

Perfectionism

(Q3)

perfectionist, organized, compulsive,

controlled, self- disciplined, exacting

will power,self sentimental.

Relaxed, placid, torpid, patient, composed low

drive.

Tension (Q4) Tense, high energy, impatient, driven, frustrated, over

wrought, time driven.

Answer sheet

Result sheet