Personality Psychology
Week 9
Week 9
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| Language | English |
| Category | Psychology |
| Level | University |
| Created / Updated | 27.10.2015 / 28.10.2015 |
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What is Factor Analysis?
Is essentially a corrrelational procedure that describes lare amounts of data in smaller, more manageable units by interrelating many correlations at a time.
Is based on the assumption that if several variables correlate highly with one another, it is possible that a common dimesion underlies them.
What is Cattell's definition of a trait?
Permanent reaction tendencies, which are inferred from behavior
Difference between source trait and surface trait
Source Trait-- Cant be seen, but are building blocks of personality and give rise to the observable surface trait
Surface trait- a cluster of observable traits that indicate a source trait
Example: Source trait perfectionism gives rise to many observable surface traits like conscientious, self-disciplined, and compulsive.
Wha are the Big 5 Traits?
1. Openness to Experience
2. Conscientiousness
3. Extroversion
4. Agreeableness
5. Neuroticism
The Big 5 Traits:
Openness to Experience
Down to Earth Imaginative
Conventional Original, Creative
Prefer Routine Prefer Variety
The Big 5 Traits:
Conscientiousness
Lazy Hardworking
Aimless Ambitious
Quitting Persevering
The Big 5 Traits:
Extroversion
Reserved Affectionate
Loner Joiner
Quiet Talkative
Directs energy ourtwards Directs energy inwards
The Big 5 Traits:
Agreeableness
Antagonistic Acquiescent
Ruthless Soft hearted
Suspicious Trusting
The Big 5 Traits:
Neuroticism
Calm Worrying
Even-tempered Temperamental
Hardy Vulnerable
According to Eysenck,
What is personality?
Is the stable and enduring organiztin of a person's character, temperament, intellegent and physique with determines adjustment to environment
Eysenck's Super-Factors
Extravert
Introvert
Neurotic
Psychotic
Eysenck's Super-factor:
Extravert
likes practical jokes, perfers company of other, impulsive, likes action and change, directs energy out to the world
Eysenck's Super-factors:
Introvert
Quiet, Reserved, few close friends, keeps feelings undercontrol, stong ethics, reliable, directs energy to inward ideas and thoughts
Eysenck's Super-factor:
Neurotic
Emotionally unstable, anxious, depressed, guilt feelings, low self-esteem, tense, shy, moody
Eysenck's Super-factors:
Psychotic
Distortion of reality, perefer solitary, troublesome, cruel, sensation seeking, hostile, impulsive, cannot follow routines, enjoy embarrassing or upsetting others
What are the humors
and
What is their origin?
Yellow bile: easily angered
Black bile: sad
Blood: paasionate and cheery
Phlegm: Sluggish and unemotional
Origin:
Greek physcician Hippocrate(B.C.) suggested that personalities could be classified accordin to a predominance of certain body fluids.
Eysenck's Hierarchy of Personality
Type Level Extraversion
Trait Level Sociability & Active
Habitual Response
Specific Response
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