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Raymond Catell was born in?

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stafordshire england

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Cartell began his graduate studies in doctorate psychology under the tutelage of?

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Charles Spearman

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Catell has inability to main a comfortable life due to his?

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chronic digestive disorder

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Catell worked a fulltime as psychologist in columbia university under who?

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edward thorndike

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Catell published how many articles and books?

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400 articles 35 books

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catell died on at the age of?

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feb 2 1998 at the age of 92

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is that which permits a prediction of what a person will do in a given situation?

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Personality

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It is a complex and differentiated structure of traits?

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personality

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is a mental structure and an interference that is made from observed behavior to account for the regularly or consistency of a person behavior?

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traits

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2 types of traits?

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surface traits and source traits

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these are the clusters of manifest or overt behaviors that often occur together?
- similar to the notion syndrome and is less stable

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surface traits

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source traits are identified only by means of?

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factor analysis

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They claimed to be the real structural influences underlying personality?

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Source traits

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sourced traits are combination of 2 factors, what are they?

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constitutional factors and environmental factors

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traits that is influenced by heredity and genetics?

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constitutional factors

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traits that is influenced by the environment?

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environmental factors

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What are the traits in terms of modality?

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dynamic traits, ability traits, temperamental traits

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these are the traits that predispose or cause the individual to pursue a certain goa?

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dynamic traits

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traits that is concerned with effectiveness with which the individual reaches the goal or the capacity of the individual to reach a certain goal?

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ability traits

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these are also the constitutional aspect of one behavior such as speed, energy, or emotional activity?

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temperamental traits

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what are the major sources of dat?

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L-data/ Life record
Q-data/ self rating questionnaires
t-data/ objective test

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these are the actual record of the persons behavior such as school records, court records?

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L-data or life records

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these are the persons own statements about his or her behavior?

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self rating questionnaires or the Q-data

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these are the elicited through objective test through hypothetical situations on which the persons behavior may be objectively recorded?

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T- data or objective test

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what is the specification equation?
R- s1T1+ S2T2+...+SNTN
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R STANDS FOR?
RESPONSE
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S STANDS FOR?
SITUATION
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T STANDS FOR ?
DIFFERENT TRAITS
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Trait is highly relevant to a given response?
High S
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trait is totally irrelevant?
Zero S
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if a particular trait is highly relevant to a situation the S will?
S will be large
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if the trait is totally irrelevant to situation the S will be?
zero
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if the trait inhibits the response the S is
negative
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what composes the dynamic traits?
attitudes, ergs, sentiments
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these are the manifest dynamic variable?
attitudes
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-it is also defined as an interest of a certain intensity in some course of action with respect to some object? -they are observed expression of underlying dynamic structure from which ergs and sentiments are inferred?
attitudes
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-these are constitutional dynamic source traits? - they are innately determined but modifiable implements of behavior?
ergs
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defined as innate psychophysical disposition which permits its possessor to acquire reactivity?
Ergs
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4 major parts of ERGS?
Perceptual response emotional response instrumental acts goal satisfaction
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What are the 10 ERGs
hunger, sex, gregariousness, parental protectiveness, curiosity, escape, pugnacity, acquisitiveness, self assertions, narcissistic sex
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they are environment mold dynamic source traits? - parallel to ergs, is the result of experiential or sociocultural factors?
sentiments
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defined as the major acquired dynamic traits structures which causes their possessors to pay attention to certain object?
sentiments
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this illustrates that the dynamic traits are interrelated in a pattern of subsidiation?
dynamic lattice
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are subsidiary to sentiments?
attitudes
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are subsidiary to ergs?
sentiments
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what are the basic driving forces of personality?
attitudes, sentiments, ergs
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self is actually a?
sentiment
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- is linked to the expression of most or all the of the ergs and other sentiments? - is called the master sentiment?
self
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if the term in the equation is predominantly positive the attitude tends to be?
stable
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if the term in the equation is predominantly negative the attitudes will tend to be?
abandoned
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fixed attitude containing negative terms?
conflicts
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the conflict that remains after a decision has been made?
Indurated conflict
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the conflict involved in deciding what action to take ?
active conflict
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these are also patterns within a personality that come and go to a much greater extent compared to traits?
States, roles, sets
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states are investigated through?
factor analysis
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differences between traits are determined by?
correlation between test scores
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what do you call the factor analytic study/quiz for 4-6 years old?
Pres-school personality quiz
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what do you call the factor analytic study/quiz for 6-8 yrs old?
early school personality quiz
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what do you call the factor analytic study/quiz for 8-12 yrs old?
child's personality questionnaire
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what do you call the factor analytic study/quiz for 12-15 yrs old?
highschool personality questionnaires
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what do you call the factor analytic study/quiz for 16 years old and up?
16 personality factors
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this is a method that catell developed for studying the influence of heredity and environment on source trait?
MAVA (MULTIPLE ABSTRACT VARIANCE ANALYSIS)
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It is a tendency for environment influences to oppose systematically the expression of genetic variation?
Law of coercion to the biosocial mean
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what are the 5 types of structures learning theory?
classical conditioning operant conditioning integration learning ergic goal modification personality learning
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is important in attaching emotional responses to environmental cues?
classical conditioning
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is important in establishing ergic goals?
operant conditioning
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plays a role in building up the dynamic lattice?
operant conditioning
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during this learning process the individual learns to maximize total satisfaction by expressing some ergs whiles supressing?
integration learning
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during this learning process the ergic goal are modified and it is analogous to freuds sublimation?
ergic goal modification
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this is a term that Catell coined to refer to changes due to environmental influence?
threpic
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is the so called personality of the group?
syntality
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10 dimensions that comprise a group syntality?
size, cultural pressure, enlightened affluence, thoughtful industriousness, vigorous, self willed order, bourgeois Philistinism, Buddhism mongolism, cultural integration and morale
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This is the subset of syntality dimension that is analogous to traits of individual
synergy dimension
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According to this model any psychological event has 5 signatures?
econetic model
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what are the 5 signatures in econetic model?
person, stimulus, act, ambient situation, observer
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study of behavioral ecology?
econetics
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this matrix represents the syntality of a culture plus a personal relevance matrix
cultural syntality matrix
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indicates how much individuals are influenced by the syntality dimensions of the group?
personal relevance matrix
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what is catells theory that is based on sophisticated and strong statistical evidence?
Factor Analytic theory

Theories of Personality (Midterms) (4 decks)

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