PSYC 2130 Lecture 6: Lecture 6 - Personality.docx
24 Apr 2012
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Allows us to make statements about functional relationships cause & effect. R shepard sex differences in spatial abilities. Are there gender diff. related to morality: he identified there as correlational psychologists - look at how variables relate to one another. Suggested that the two approaches integrate british empiricism + correlational studies first to make an empirical study in psych: steps. 2-devising an empirical means of measuring those dimensions of personality those measurement devises should be based on sound statistical procedures link up meas. Personality psych would benefit with this type of. Personality is a more or less stable & enduring organization of a person"s character, temperament, intellect & physique (psychophysical & genetic features) , which determines his unique adjustment to the environment". Allows you to condense a very large number of observations into a workable, meaningful set of factors. Shows you how your items hang together in clusters in a 3 dimensional scale.
