PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Raymond Cattell, Reality Principle, Factor Analysis

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Doug Mc Cann

Document Summary

Personality refers to an individual"s unique constellation of consistent behavioral traits. A personality trait is a durable disposition to behave in a particular way in a variety of situations: factor analysis, correlations among many variables is analyzed to identify closely related clusters of variables. Raymond cattell concluded that an individual"s personality could be described five-factor model of personality. This is known as the big five which is completely by measuring just 16 traits. Robert mccrae and paul costa used factor analysis to arrive at an even simpler, extraversion, neuroticism, openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness. Recent studies has shown that these traits are differentially correlated with social class. Psychodynamic theories include all of the diverse theories descended from the work of sigmund freud, which focus on unconscious mental forces. Freud divided personality structure into three components: the id, the ego, and the super ego: the id is the primitive, instinctive component of personality that operates according to the pleasure principle.