ABSTRACT
Basically the psychologist’s position is that mental, like physical, phenomena, obviously vary in amount or strength and that since they vary in this manner the way is open, at least theoretically, to measure relative magnitudes, and ultimately to arrive at units of measurement. The measurements will not be couched in units of such conceptual simplicity as those of the physical world, nor will measurements have the stolid fixity we expect in dimensions of inanimate objects. To some people the very idea of measuring personality seems faintly sacrilegious, and they are inclined to deny its possibility along with its desirability. The measurement of personality source traits proceeds by the same principles as those established in psychology through experience of ability measurement. Of all the measures of personality in which applied psychology is interested none is more eagerly demanded than a measure of character.
