M3 Week 11: Catell

Question 1

Important figure in psychometrics.

Answer 1

Raymond B. Cattell

Question 2

was born in England but spent most of his career in the US.

Answer 2

Raymond B. Cattell

Question 3

No direct influence on Eysenck.

Answer 3

Raymond B. Cattell

Question 4

Used _______ to gather data; he began with no preconceived bias concerning the number or name of traits or types.

Answer 4

INDUCTIVE METHOD

Question 5

Eysenck used _________ to identify 3 personality factors. He had some preconceived hypotheses in mind before he began gathering data.

Answer 5

DEDUCTIVE METHOD

Question 6

Cattell used 3 different media of observation to examine people from as many angles as possible.

Answer 6

• person’s life record (L DATA) derived from observations made by other people;
• self-reports (Q DATA) obtained from questionnaires and other techniques designed to allow people to make subjective descriptions of themselves
• objective tests (T DATA) which measure performance such as intelligence, speed of responding, and other such activities designed to challenge people’s maximum performance.

Question 7

Cattell divided traits into ________ (shared by many) and ________ (peculiar to one individual)

Answer 7

COMMON TRAITS ; UNIQUE TRAITS

Question 8

He also distinguishes SOURCE TRAIT from trait indicators or ________.

Answer 8

SURFACE TRAITS

Question 9

TRUE or FALSE
Classified traits into temperament, motivation, and ability.

Answer 9

TRUE

Question 10

Traits of ________ are concerned with how a person behaves, motivation deals with why one behaves, and ability refers to how far or how fast one can perform.

Answer 10

temperament

Question 11

Cattell yielded _______ primary or first-order traits that measure mostly the temperament dimension of personality. 23 of which characterize the normal population and 12 measure the pathological dimension.

Answer 11

35

Question 12

The frequently studied traits are the ____________.

Answer 12

16 PF Questionnaire (16 scales)