Exceptional ability may correlate with personality traits

# California Psychological Inventory

A self-reporting personality inventory with 20 scales, meant to represent vernacular and recognizable traits. Unlike the [[zRgWr67tKQYxtPoxWgRvKV6:::Five-factor model]], these traits aren’t meant to be orthogonal; some correlate highly with others.

## Traits

*   Dominance
*   Capacity for Status
*   Sociability
*   Social Presence
*   Self-Acceptance
*   Independence
*   Empathy
*   Responsibility
*   Socialization
*   Self-Control
*   Good Impression
*   Communality
*   Sense of Well-Being
*   Tolerance
*   Achievement via Conformance
*   Achievement via Independence
*   Intellectual Efficiency
*   Psychological-Mindedness
*   Flexibility
*   Femininity-Masculinity

## Heritability

*   {Bouchard} et al ({1998}) report substantial genetic influence (averaging 46% across scales).

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## References

Bouchard, T. J., Mcgue, M., Hur, Y.-M., & Horn, J. M. (1998). *A genetic and environmental analysis of the California Psychological Inventory using adult twins reared apart and together*. 14.






