FFM Flashcards
What is factor loading in exploratory factor analysis?
What values can a factor loading range from?
The extent to which items fit on to a latent factor
-1 to +1
What are the five factors from the FFM? give two adjectives from each
Extraversion - excitement seeking, activity
Neuroticism - anxiety, anger, depression
Agreeableness - trust, straight forward
Conscientiousness - competence, achievement striving
Openness to experience - introspective, imaginative, aesthetic
How many Facets does each trait domain have in the original FFM
A 3
B 5
C 6
D 10
C 6
What factors make up Goldberg’s Big 5?
Emotional stability
Extraversion
Intellect
Agreeableness
Conscientiousness
What are the five main differences between FFM and The Big 5?
Structure - FFM = hierarchical vs Big 5 - no hierarchy
Measurement FFM = questionnaire to give someone a score - Big 5- based on adjectives and natural language
Empirical approach FFM = questionnaires tap into behaviours, behaviours reflect real traits BIG 5 = lexical approach and bottom up
Causality - FFM = traits cause behaviour, BIG 5 - no causal statement
Origins - FFM = biological basis, BIG 5 = natural language
A facet is a marker for the trait domain if the factor loading is above what value?
above 0.3
A factor analysis of the FFM and PEN together revealed that Psychoticism may be a conflation of what 2 FFM traits?
Agreeableness and Conscientiousness
Twin studies have found that heritability rates lie at around __% - ___% for all 5 traits?
around 50% to 60%
What 3 things are required for GWAS to be good evidence?
Extremely large samples
need a very small corrected p value
needs to be replicated in target studies
What 5 regions were the FFM traits associated with in structural MRI?
N - amygdala, mPFC, mid-cingulate
E Amygdala OFC
Agreeableness - superior temporal sulcus
Openness to experience - DLPFC
C0onscientiousness - LPFC
Cross-cultural evidence for the FFM showed that it is stables across ___ different cultures
50 different cultures
Temporal consistency studies of FFM traits revealed that ____________ and _____________ were stable across time.
_____________ was stable for men but decreased for women
__________ increased over time, but _____________ fluctuated.
Extraversion and Openness fairly stable
Neuroticism decreased for women, and stable in men
Conscientiousness increased over time
Agreeableness fluctuated
Specht et al showed that traits _______ over time, but the change was ________ for everyone
traits increase over time
but the change was similar for everyone
Gurven et al studied the forager-horticulturalist _________ tribe in Bolivia and found __ _______ for the existence of the five traits
no evidence for five traits in Tsimane tribe
Block’s criticism of using exploratory factor analysis is what?
You get out what you put in
