Abstract

In an effort to develop a theoretically predicted taxonomy of personality traits, the three-dimensional spherical cube model was proposed. It visualizes 6 empirically-derived factorial dimensions as 6 pairs of edges of a cube inscribed in a sphere, and it offers the complete map of the personality structure in which any empirically derived trait can be located on the sphere’s surface. The model’s predictions were tested by applying both factor and multidimensional scaling analyses to the responses of 414 university students who rated themselves, liked peers and disliked peers on a list of 496 personality-relevant nouns. The results demonstrated the possibilities: 1) to identify 3 orthogonal axes of the spherical cube representation of the personality lexicon, and 2) to map 6 factorial dimensions and distinct narrow personality traits on the sphere’s surface.