Cattell

Question 1

Predict how a person will behave in response to a given stimulus situation; Study personality, not treat it; subject were called normal ppl

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16 PF theory

Question 2

Father of personality trait approach

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Raymond cattell

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Correlations of the original, specific scores with the factors

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factor loading

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Used an oblique rotation to give factors psychological meaning; more factors result

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cattell’s method of FA

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Relatively permanent reaction tendencies that are the basic structural units of the personality

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Traits

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Is a correlational procedure that uses measures collected from one person on many different occasions and is his attempt to measure unique rather than common traits

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p technique`

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Temporary conditions within an individual

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states

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Refer to the underlying factor responsible for the intercorrelation among surface traits

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Source traits

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General style and emotional tone of our behavior

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temperament

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driving forces of behavior (e.g. motivation, ambitions)

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dynamic traits

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23 normal traits and 12 abnormal traits

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pathological people

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Characteristics that correlate with one another but do not constitute a factor because they are not determined by a single source; less stable and permanent

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Surface traits

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Originate in biological conditions but are not necessrily innate (e.g. alcohol intake lead to carelessness, talkativeness)

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Constitutional traits

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From influences in our social and physical environment

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Environmental-mold traits

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Dynamic traits

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attitudes, ergs, sems

Question 16

Refers to a specific course of action or desire to act, in response to a given situation

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Attitudes

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Innate drives or motives that humans share with other primates

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Ergs

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Are learned or acquired dynamic traits that can satisfy several ergs at the same time; sentiments

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Sems

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A complex netwoek of attitudes, ergs and sems underlying a person’s motivational structure

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The Dynamic lattice

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The ability to adapt to new material

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fluid intelligence

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Depends on prior learning

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Crystallized intelligence