Cattells Source Traits - Case Study Example

Trusting – My friend is always been quite trustworthy. Once during a visit to his house, I had taken my I Pod with me. But I forgot to bring it back. After returning home and finding it to be missing, I was deeply worried as I wasn’t able to remember where I leaved it. My friend then called me up and informed about the I Pod. Thus, he proved his trustfulness.Answer 1)An individual’s character is a very difficult thing to understand. As one person who looks or behaves in a certain way may not be characteristically always behaving that way.

The person i.e. my friend is known to me for a long time since my childhood. He has been there for me through thick and thin. He has supported me always in my rough times and encouraged me. Thus, I can say that I have enough knowledge about the person.Answer 2)The factor easiest to evaluate would be: Outgoing, Affected by feeling, trusting, Conscientious and the most difficult are: Apprehensive.The characteristics were easier to understand as I have faced many situations with him where these traits of his character were evident.

Therefore, it was straightforward for me to understand him.Difficult characteristic has to be the ‘apprehensive’ one as I have not seen or faced a situation where he was apprehensive about something but I have judged him to possess this characteristic from my own perception about his character.Answer 3)This assessment might not be valid for limited behavioral observation. As to assess someone one the given sixteen points, it is relatively mandatory for the person to be very close to me and a person can confidently be judged if he is interacted with a long time.

A clinician is able to get into the mind and psyche of the person through their professional skills and expert knowledge. So, they might be able to understand the person in due manner but might not have such clear perception as an age - old close friend can have.