Cattell Flashcards
Cattell was attracted to…
the quantitative side of psychology
He is remembered for his USE of _______ ______
factor analysis
Who created factor analysis?
Charles Spearman
Cattell was a well-established researcher of ________
intelligence
What two types of intelligence did Cattell believe in?
Crystallized
Fluid
What was Cattell’s goal?
a taxonomy of basic units of personality comparable to the periodic table in chemistry
Cattell helped to make psychology a…
science
What is Cattell’s definition of personality?
a person’s reaction tendency to a particular set of stimuli or situation
What is Cattell’s basic unit of personality?
The trait
Trait =
Relatively permanent reaction tendencies
Define trait subsidation
traits exist in a hierarchy in his personality theory
Identify the Trait Hierarchy
- Traits
- Second-Order Traits
- Source traits, surface traits
What are Cattell’s trait categories?
Common Traits
Second-Order Traits
Source Traits; Fundamental Underlying Traits
Surface Traits
Which trait category is this?
o Intelligence (a very high genetic component)
o Something all humans have to one degree or another (personality traits were believed to be genetic)
Common Traits
Which trait category is this?
Anxiety/Exvia vs. Invia/Intelligence/Index of Good
Second-Order Traits
Which trait category is this?
o Ability vs. Temperament vs. Dynamic
o Source traits can never disappear from the personality (but surface traits can)
Source Traits; Fundamental, Underlying Traits
Which trait category is this?
o Gut-level feelings
o Thoughts
o Actions
Surface traits
What is Cattell’s approach to research?
Inductive hypothetical deductive spiral process
What does the Inductive hypothetical deductive spiral process involve?
no hypothesis, no opinions, you select a topic, you determine from other authorities what are good ways of measuring this topic which may involve selecting some instruments give to a bunch of people, then you submit the data to factor analysis and see what it yields. Based on THAT dad, you come up with a hypothesis
