Personality And Intelligence Flashcards
What is the lexical hypothesis
Based on the assumption that analysis of personality is possible through the study of language
Single word descriptors evolve for important constructs
More important constructs hAve more important words to describe it
See what words are frequently used and group them together
Pick out the important dimensions
What did Campbell and Howley find about studying
Extroverts prefer to study in areas with people around and socialise
Introverts prefer to study alone
What is psychotic ism
Agressive, impulsive, creative
Why is 3 factors of personality not enough and what did Type and Christol find
Too broad, not specific, tries to reduce human race
Used US Air Force test and found 5 factors
What did Costa and McCrae 5 factor model have
Openness, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, extra version
What is general intelligence
‘G’- if someone is good at one thing they are likely to be good at another
What two constructs does ‘g’ contain
Crystallised intelligence: acquired knowledge
Fluid intelligence: abstract reasoning
Gc increase over life, gf stabilise in early years and declines
How do we test ‘g’
Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale WAIS All gender and social classes Performance IQ: block design Verbal IQ: vocab, info, digit span Use more abstract ability Minis me effect of cultural and linguistic influences
What is Thurstones multi factor theory
Associative memory Space Reasoning Number Perceptual speed Word fluency Verbal comprehension
What did Gardner find, multiple intelligence
Linguistic Logical mathematical Body kinaesthetic Spatial Interpersonal Intrapersonal Musical Then added naturalist and extentialist
What are correlations
When someone gives an answer on a personality test, so,e answers will correlate highly with each other
Then look at which answers correlate
Assume these are measuring the same basic dimensions and there will be a cluster of correlations
