Circumplex Taxonomies of Personality

Question 1

What is the Wiggins circumplex model based on?

Answer 1

Interpersonal traits involving social exchanges defined by status and love.

Question 2

What are the three relationships specified within the Wiggins circumplex model?

Answer 2

o Adjacency (traits close to each other are positively correlated).
o Bipolarity (opposite traits are negatively correlated).
o Orthogonality (traits at right angles are unrelated).

Question 3

What is the main limitation of the Wiggins circumplex model?

Answer 3

It is limited to two dimensions.