One of the earliest attempts to categorize personality traits came from Allport and Odbert (1936),who identified 4,500 terms in the dictionary that related to personality.Later,statistical methods were used to reduce these words to a list of ___ personality traits.

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Allport and Odbert's original list of 4,500 personality traits was reduced to a list of 16 through the use of statistical methods, specifically factor analysis. This list included traits such as assertiveness, intelligence, and anxiety.

One of the Earliest Attempts to Categorize Personality Traits Came