PSY321H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Twin, Pollination Syndrome, Twin Study
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Associated with underlying facets- subgroups of the basic traits. Looked to see if scores clustered together in groups. Took existing personality inventories how well the groups in terms of english lexicon . Found high level of consistency between underlying dimensions and structure of existing questionnaire. Example : neo personality- 240 items that assessed those five factors that underlie personality. Neo 3. equipped with measures of personality, 5 equally validated and reliable across cultures. 5 factors are universal ie/ one problem with using surveys because survery measure of personality to make meaningful compairsons is finding results between compairsons with no variable that has meaning. Two culture difer from extraversion and conclude that evidence of extraversion is different but cultures differ in response styles. They may be biased to circling the extreme and other cultures experience a modesty bias where they will circle on rating scales toward the middle.
