▁February ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁at ▁age ▁ 9 2 ▁years . ▁He ▁is ▁buried ▁in ▁the ▁Valley ▁of ▁the ▁Tem ples ▁on ▁a ▁hill side ▁over looking ▁the ▁sea . ▁ ▁His ▁will ▁provided ▁for ▁his ▁remaining ▁funds ▁to ▁build ▁a ▁school ▁for ▁under priv ile ged ▁children ▁in ▁Camb odia . ▁He ▁was ▁an ▁ag nost ic . ▁ ▁Scient ific ▁orientation ▁When ▁C att ell ▁entered ▁the ▁fled g ling ▁field ▁of ▁psych ology ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 0 s , ▁he ▁felt ▁that ▁the ▁domain ▁of ▁person ality ▁was ▁domin ated ▁by ▁spec ulative ▁ideas ▁that ▁were ▁largely ▁intuit ive ▁with ▁little / no ▁empir ical ▁research ▁basis . ▁C att ell ▁accepted ▁E . L . ▁Thor nd ike ’ s ▁empir ic ist ▁view point ▁that ▁" If ▁something ▁actually ▁did ▁exist , ▁it ▁existed ▁in ▁some ▁amount ▁and ▁hence ▁could ▁be ▁measured ." . ▁ ▁C att ell ▁found ▁that ▁construct s ▁used ▁by ▁early ▁psych ological ▁the or ists ▁t ended ▁to ▁be ▁somewhat ▁subject ive ▁and ▁poor ly ▁defined . ▁For ▁example , ▁after ▁exam ining ▁over ▁ 4 0 0 ▁published ▁papers ▁on ▁the ▁topic ▁of ▁" an x iety " ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 5 , ▁C att ell ▁stated : ▁" The ▁studies ▁showed ▁so ▁many ▁fund ament ally ▁different ▁mean ings ▁used ▁for ▁anx iety ▁and ▁different ▁ways ▁of ▁meas uring ▁it , ▁that ▁the ▁studies ▁could ▁not ▁even ▁be ▁integrated ." ▁ ▁Early ▁person