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Mccrae And Costa And Cattell Flashcards

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Cattell and McCrae&Costa used an ____approach in gathering data

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inductive method

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3 media of observation of cattell

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L data
Q data
T data

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derived from observations by other people, life record, self-report

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L data

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obtained from questionnaires and other techniques designed to allow people to nake subjective descriptions of themselves ; objective tests

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Q data

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measures performance such as intelligence, speed of responding, ans other such activities designed to challenge people’s maximum performance

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T data

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Cattell divide traits into

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Common traits

Unique traits

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Cattell’a classification pf traits

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Temperament - concerned on HOW a person behaves

Motivation- deals with WHY one behaves

Ability- HOW FAR or HOW FAST one can perform

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begins by making specific obervations of many individuals

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Factor analysis

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Factor analysis may be either

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unipolar - zero to large amount such as heigh weight

Bipolar- extend from one pole to an opposite pole with zero as midpoint extraversion vs intro

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10
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advocates of five factor use

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Orthogonal rotation

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Cattell advocated the ___ method

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Oblique method

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12
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strongest and most ubiquitous personality traits

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Neuroticism

Extraversion

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13
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Central components of five factor theory

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Basic tendency
Characteristic adaptation
Self concept

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the universal raw material of personality capacities and dispositions that are generally inferred rather than observed .

May be inherited or imprinted by early experience or modified by disease or psychological intervention

Individuals potential and direction

Include cognitive abilities, artistic talent, sexual orientation, psychological processes

Basis in biology and STABILITY overtime and situation

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Basic tendencies

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acquired personality structures that develop as people adapt to their environment

Can be influenced by external influences such as acquired skill, habits, attitudes, and relationships that result from the interaction of individuals with their environment

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Characteristic adaptation

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Difference between basic tendency and characteristic adaptation

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Flexibility and stability

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Consists of knowledge, views, and evaluation of the self, ranging from miscellaneous facts of personal history to the identity that gives sense of purpose and coherence of life

a characteristic adaptation in that they influence how one behaves in a given circumstance

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Self concept

18
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3 peripheral components

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Biological bases
Objective biography
External influences

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The fove factor theory rests on a single causal influence on personality namely

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Biology

20
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The principal biological mechanisms that influence basic tendencies are

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Genes
Hormones
Brain structure

21
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Everything the person does, thinks, or feels across the whole life span

Emphasizes what has happened in people’s lives rather than their view or perceptions of their experiences

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Objective biography

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Mc crae and costa focuses on.

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Objective experiences - the events one has had over one’s lifetime

23
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How we respond to the oppurtunities and demand of the context

These response is the function of:

Characteristic adaptations
Interactions with external influences

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External influences

24
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4 postulates of nasic tendencies

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Individuality
Origin
Development
Structure

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Stipulates that adults have unique set of traits and that each person exhibits a unique combination of trait patterns

The amount of OCEAN is unique to all of us and the uniquess is is variability pf GENOTYPE

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individuality postulate

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all personality traits are result of solely endogenous forces such as genetics, hormones, and brain structures

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Origin postulate

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assumes that traits develop and change through childhood, but in adolescence their development shows and by early to mid adulthood change nearly stops

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Development postulate

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Traits beneficial to the young ones which are establishing relationship and career

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HIGH NEO

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traits that are helpful as people age

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AC

30
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Traits are organized hierarchically from narrow and specific to broad and general

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Structure postulate

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Postulates for characteristic adaptation

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  1. Traits affect the way we adapt to the changes in our environment
  2. Maladjustment
  3. Basic traits may change overtime as response to biological maturation, changes in the environment or deliberate intervention

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