NEO‐PAVLOVIAN PROPERTIES OF HIGHER NERVOUS ACTIVITY AND EYSENCK'S PERSONALITY DIMENSIONS

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Abstract
An hierarchical multivariate approach was used to examine the relationships between the neo‐Pavlovian properties of higher nervous activity, strength, dynamism, and mobility, as measured by motor reaction‐time tasks and Eysenck's personality model as measured by the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire. Eighty subjects, 40 of each sex, completed tasks measuring strength, dynamism, and mobility followed by completion of the questionnaire. Standardized composite estimates of the six primary factors extracted from the measures of the three properties and of the 16 primary factors from the questionnaire were subjected to hierarchical factor analyses. Four orthogonal second‐order factors were extracted which showed meaningful relationships involving the Pavlovian and Eysenckian constructs.