CATTELL WEEK 9 Flashcards
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What is personality
is that which permits a prediction of what a person will do in a given situation
what are personality traits
reaction tendencies that are basic structural units of personality
Describe Factor analysis
it is a math intensive statistical technique that determinate a number of factors, clusters based on intercorrelation between a number of individuals element
what was his approach to studying personality
L- Data , measure individual life record
Q-data, information provided by questionnaires
T-data, data provided from objective test
How is personality types separated from traits
traits were a collection of reaction and response bound by some sort of unity.
personality as it permits a prediction of what a person will do in a given situation
what was the field of study used to measure various aspects of peoples mind
PSYCHOMETRY, is the systematic measure of various aspect of the mind, including personality
what was cattle controversial viewpoint on intelligence
his research had racist undertones ,
Describe common traits
shared by many
describe unique traits
peculiar to one
describe ability traits
skills and abilities.
how well can someone achieve a goal
describe temperament traits
emotions and feelings
how a person behaves in general
describe dynamic traits
motivating forces
what motivates us to get into action
describe source traits
stable and permanent
the fundamental underlying trait we posses
describe surface traits
unstable and impermanent
cluster of behaviour that would fit together or command go depending on the situation
