In the fields of cognitive psychology, cognitive linguistics and psycholinguistics, cognitive styles and personality traits (PTs), on one hand, and conceptual metaphors (CMs) as cognitive schemas on the other hand have undergone a growing body of research over the past few decades. Despite the fact that both form a fundamental base of personality, few if any steps have been taken to unravel the way they are related. In a three-tired, mixed-method survey analysis design, the present study aimed at investigating the probable relationship between PTs and CMs. In so doing, field dependence/independence (FDI), and extroversion/introversion (EX/IN) were examined in light of metaphoric schemas (MSs) extracted from the participant‟s interviews. A total of 74 participants (m = 28, f = 46) were administered Witkin et al‟s (1971) Group Embedded Figures Test (GEFT), Eysenck personality Questionnaire-Revised Short Scale (EPQ-R), and a Conceptual Metaphor Elicitation Prompt (CMEP) with follow-up interviews based on the principles of Grounded Theory (GT) research methodology. The results of the study indicated no significant relationship between the PTs in the GEFT and EPQ-R. However, PTs were found to correspond with certain CMs. Gender and age also showed significant relationships with the total makeup of research variables.
