5. personality Flashcards
1
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factor analysis
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method of analyzing patterns of correlations in order to extract mathematically defined factors which underlie and help make sense of patterns
2
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cattell’s 16 factor theory of personality
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- common traits : everyone has
- unique traits: only certain ppl
- surface traits: thru behavior
- source traits: like ego, more internal
- no one was able to prove or replicate this theory
3
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five-factor “big five” theory of personality
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- a persons personality is best described in terms of their score on each of five trait dimensions
- neuroticism
- extraversion
- openness to experience
- agreeableness
- conscientiousness
4
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Fiske criticism on cattells 16 factor theory of personality
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Fiske saw that many of cattells 16 factor theory personality traits strongly correlated with each other so he said fuck it im making something more simple, hence the big five
5
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trait
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- relatively stable predisposition to behave a certain way
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6
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cattells use of factor analysis to develop trait theory
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- first well-known trait theory
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7
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typological and
ideographic view
nomographic???
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- everyone has same trait but we have it to different degrees , paul and i are aggressive
- ideographic; i got trait but paul does not
- nomographic: we have the same trait but to different degrees
8
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4 steps of factor analysis
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- collect data about vairables and feed them to the FA program
- goal is to group up the factors to reduce them. you just link em together so it’s less confusing.
9
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cattell
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- tryna be empirical
10
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measurement of big 5
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self report data
11
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cardinal traits
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when someone has such a strong trait that it dominates their whole personality
