Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences |
Editors | Virgil Zeigler-Hill, Todd K. Shackelford |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 160-166 |
Number of pages | 7 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-3-319-24610-9 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2020 |
Abstract
The term “ability traits” is generally associated with British psychologist, Raymond Cattell, who distinguished ability traits from dynamic traits (motivations) and temperament traits. Cattell conceptualized ability traits as cognitive traits (eg, mathematical, creative, practical …