Cattell

Question 1

Cattell was attracted to…

Answer 1

the quantitative side of psychology

Question 2

He is remembered for his USE of _______ ______

Answer 2

factor analysis

Question 3

Who created factor analysis?

Answer 3

Charles Spearman

Question 4

Cattell was a well-established researcher of ________

Answer 4

intelligence

Question 5

What two types of intelligence did Cattell believe in?

Answer 5

Crystallized
Fluid

Question 6

What was Cattell’s goal?

Answer 6

a taxonomy of basic units of personality comparable to the periodic table in chemistry

Question 7

Cattell helped to make psychology a…

Answer 7

science

Question 8

What is Cattell’s definition of personality?

Answer 8

a person’s reaction tendency to a particular set of stimuli or situation

Question 9

What is Cattell’s basic unit of personality?

Answer 9

The trait

Question 10

Trait =

Answer 10

Relatively permanent reaction tendencies

Question 11

Define trait subsidation

Answer 11

traits exist in a hierarchy in his personality theory

Question 12

Identify the Trait Hierarchy

Answer 12

1. Traits
2. Second-Order Traits
3. Source traits, surface traits

Question 13

What are Cattell’s trait categories?

Answer 13

Common Traits
Second-Order Traits
Source Traits; Fundamental Underlying Traits
Surface Traits

Question 14

Which trait category is this?

o Intelligence (a very high genetic component)
o Something all humans have to one degree or another (personality traits were believed to be genetic)

Answer 14

Common Traits

Question 15

Which trait category is this?

Anxiety/Exvia vs. Invia/Intelligence/Index of Good

Answer 15

Second-Order Traits

Question 16

Which trait category is this?

o Ability vs. Temperament vs. Dynamic
o Source traits can never disappear from the personality (but surface traits can)

Answer 16

Source Traits; Fundamental, Underlying Traits

Question 17

Which trait category is this?

o Gut-level feelings
o Thoughts
o Actions

Answer 17

Surface traits

Question 18

What is Cattell’s approach to research?

Answer 18

Inductive hypothetical deductive spiral process

Question 19

What does the Inductive hypothetical deductive spiral process involve?

Answer 19

no hypothesis, no opinions, you select a topic, you determine from other authorities what are good ways of measuring this topic which may involve selecting some instruments give to a bunch of people, then you submit the data to factor analysis and see what it yields. Based on THAT dad, you come up with a hypothesis