PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Raymond Cattell, Factor Analysis, Extraversion And Introversion

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Benjamin Giguere

Document Summary

Trait: an enduring quality that makes a person tend to act a certain way. Allport and odbert (1936) identi ed 18,000 english words that represent personality traits. Factor analysis: allows us to see how things cluster together. The big five personality factors: openness: flexibility, non conformity, variety, conscientiousness: self discipline, careful pursuit of delayed goals, extraversion: drawing energy from others, sociability, agreeableness: helpful, trusting, friendliness, neuroticism: anxiety, insecurity, emotional instability. Does one"s pro le of traits change over the lifespan? (stability) fairly stable throughout life. Can we use these traits to predict behaviour ? (predictive value) varies per situation, better predicts thought processes. Are traits learned or genetic? (heritability) genetics for the most part. *questionnaire assessing many personality traits, by asking which behaviours and responses the person would choose. Myers-briggs type indicator (mbti); minnesota multiphasic personality inventory (mmpi) I usually feel that life is worthwhile and interesting (depression) Evil people are trying to in uence my mind (paranoia)