性格類型personality types)係指一啲將人分做「一類類」嘅性格理論。例子有九型性格

到咗廿一世紀初,好少性格心理學家仲會用性格類型嘅做法,理由係實證研究表明咗,人好少可能夠清楚噉分做一類類(可以睇聚類分析),反而特質理論(trait theory;每個人喺每一個性格特質上都有個數值)嘅做法比較能夠恰當噉描述現實[1]

  1. Furnham, A., & Crump, J. (2005). Personality Traits, Types, and Disorders: An Examination of the Relationship Between Three Self-Report Measures. European Journal of Personality, 19, 167-184.