Extraversion	Neuroticism	Psychoticism
Cloninger	Behavioral Activation / Novelty Seeking	Behavioral Inhibition / Harm Avoidance	Behavioral Maintenance / Reward Dependence
Atkinson 1	Approach Motivation / Need for Achievement / Joy of Success	Avoidance Motivation / Fear of Failure / Pain of Failure
Barratt	Action Orientation	Anxiety
Davidson	Approach / (Non-) Depression	Avoidance / Inhibition / Depression
Depue	Behavioral Facilitation / Mania / Positive Emotionality	Behavioral Inhibition
Dollard and Miller 2	Approach	Avoidance
Eysenck	Extraversion / Arousal / Positive Affect	Neuroticism / Activation / Negative Affect	Psychoticism / Anger
Fowles	Behavioral Activation / Impulsivity / Positive Affect	Behavioral Inhibition / Aversion	Non-Specific Arousal
Gray	Behavioral Approach / Impulsivity / Positive Affect	Behavioral Inhibition / Anxiety / Negative Affect	Fight vs. Flight / Aggression
Kagan		Behavioral Inhibition
Newman	Impulsivity / Positive Affect	Anxiety / Negative Affect
Revelle	Approach / Instigation of Behavior	Avoidance / Inhibition of Behavior	Aggression
Simonov	"Strong" Type (Choleric) vs. "Weak" Type (Melancholic)
Tellegen	Positive Affectivity / Positive Affect	Negative Affectivity / Negative Affect	Constraint Avoidance
Thayer	Energetic Arousal	Tense Arousal
Watson and Clark	Positive Affectivity	Negative Affectivity
Zuckerman	Extraversion / Positive Affect	Neuroticism	Psychoticism / Impulsivity / Sensation Seeking / Aggression-Anger
	Extraversion	Neuroticism	Psychoticism

(This table is adapted from Revelle [1997], and Eysenck [1990].)

Eysenck, H. J. (1990). Biological dimensions of personality. In L. A. Pervin (Ed.), Handbook of personality: Theory and research (pp. 244-276). New York: Guilford.

Revelle, W. (1997, August 12). Three fundamental dimensions of personality [WWW document]. URL http://personality-project.org/perproj/theory/big3.table.html

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