Psychology, 2015, 6, 1964-1970
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Specialization as a Personality Trait
and Tendency: Introducing an
Instrument of Measuring
the Specialization
Degree. Part 1
Cristian Vrachas
1,2
, George Leontakianakos
3
1
Faculty of Psychology, University of Philosophical and Social Sciences, Athens, Greece
2
Faculty of Biology, University of Natural Sciences, Thessaloniki, Greece
3
4th High School of Halandri, Athens, Greece
Received 10 August 2015; accepted 4 December 2015; published 7 December 2015
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Abstract
Specialization constitutes a phenomenon which has been extensively researched in the frame-
work both of the economic science—and its various structural cognitive fields—and also of the
science of Biology. However, equivalent systematic attempt in evaluating the possible correlations
and consequences of specialization in reference to multiple psycho-cognitive aspects of the indi-
vidual’s personality is not observable from the point of view of psychological science. Objective of
the current study is the introduction of a theoretical model of specialization as a dynamic variable,
as a trend, and from that stand point to evaluate a person’s specialization degree in relation to
other parameters of its psycho-cognitive being. In order to test the validity of the conception of
specialization as a measurable factor, the Specialization Questionnaire (S.Q.) is created and intro-
duced. More specifically, the S.Q. is aiming, on the one hand, at quantifying the degree of profes-
sional specialization and, on the other hand, at investigating the possible correlation between
professional specialization and the tendency to seek for, respectively, specialized stimuli in other
aspects of life, such as the personal-free time and the interpersonal relations.
Keywords
Specialization Questionnaire, Specialization Trend, Dynamic Measure, Personality Aspects