PSY 315 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Raymond Cattell, Personality Psychology, Psychological Testing
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Study tips: if a concept was covered in lecture, always use lecture notes. Methods lectures and keywords for the basic approaches are game for any exam throughout this course. Gordon allport- discovered common, central, and cardinal traits. Henry murray- discovered the tat (thematic apperception test), personology- type of psychology that focuses on needs ( needs are largely unconscious. ) Raymond cattell- discovered factor analysis, 16- pf questionnaire. Walter mishel- criticized personality psychology because he felt it wasn"t being studied responsibly. He said that other variables needed to be assed when correlating things, also need to addrefate behaviors. Criticism has weakened psych for some time but then came back being stronger than ever. Nomothetic- using the most common traits to test all dimensions and then analyzing the differences amongst them. Idiographic approaches- finding out the 5-10 most common adj"s that describe a person (central trait) and then measuring them. Central- the basic 5-10 adj"s used to describe self/ or person.
