HANS EYSENCK, ROBERT MCCRAE, AND PAUL COSTA'S FACTOR THEORIES

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mathematical procedures capable of sifting personality traits from mountains of test data

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Factor Analytic Techniques

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Eysenck’s factor analytic technique yielded 3 general bipolar factors or types

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Extraversion/Introversion
Neuroticism/Stability
Psychoticism/Superego

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the Five-Factor Theory often called as

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The Big-Five

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the Big Five includes

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Neuroticism 
Extraversion
Agreeableness
Openness
Conscientiousness

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Raymond Cattell used an Inductive Method

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Exploratory Factor Analysis

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three sources of data

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L data
Q data
T data

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person’s life record derived from observations made by other people

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L data

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self-reports obtained from questionnaires and other techniques designed to allow people to make subjective descriptions of themselves

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Q data

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objective tests which measure performances such as intelligence, speed of responding, and other such activities designed to challenge people’s maximum performance

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T data

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Cattell divided traits into two:

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Common Traits

Unique Traits

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shared by many

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Common Traits

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peculiar to one individual

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Unique Traits

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Cattell further classified traits into:

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Temperament
Motivation
Ability

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how a person behaves

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temperament

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why one behaves

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Motivation

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how far or how fast one can perform

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Ability

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the largest and most frequently studied of the normal traits are the

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16 Personality Factors Questionnaire (16 PF Scale)

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Dimensions of Personality

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Extraversion
Neuroticism
Psychoticism

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two strongest and most ubiquitous personality traits

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Neuroticism

Extraversion

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tend to be anxious, temperamental, self-pitying, self-conscious, emotional, and vulnerable to stress-related disorders

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People who score high on neuroticism

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they are calm, even-tempered, self-satisfied, and unemotional

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People who score low on neuroticism

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tend to be affectionate, jovial, talkative, joiners, and fun-loving

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People who score high on extraversion

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likely to be reserved, quiet, loners, passive, and lacking the ability to express strong emotion

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low extraversion scores

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they are creative, imaginative, curious, and liberal, and have a preference for variety

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People who score high on openness

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they are typically conventional, down-to-earth, conservative, and lacking in curiosity

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People who score low on openness

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they are trusting, generous, yielding, acceptant, and good-natured

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People who score high on agreeableness

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generally suspicious, stingy, unfriendly, irritable, and critical of other people

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People who score low on agreeableness

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they are hardworking, conscientiousness, punctual. and persevering

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People who score high on conscientiousness

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tend to be disorganized, negligent, lazy, and aimless and are likely to give up when a project becomes difficult

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People who score low on conscientiousness