PSYC 1030H Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Reaction Formation, Paul Hewitt, Online Analytical Processing

• School: Trent University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1030H
• Professor: James Parker

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The nature of personality: personality is a complex hypothetical construct that ahs been defined in a variety of ways. Personality traits: dispositions and dimensions: a personality trait is a durable disposition to behave in a particular way in a variety of situations (ex. honest, moody, impulsive, suspicious, anxious, excitable, friendly, etc) In factor analysis, correlations among many variables are analyzed to identify closely related clusters of variables. If the measurements of a number of variables (in this case, personality traits) correlate highly with one another =, the assumption is that a single factor is influencing all of them. Factor analysis is used to identify these hidden factors: cattell (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)luded that a(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)alit(cid:455) (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e des(cid:272)(cid:396)i(cid:271)ed (cid:272)o(cid:373)pletel(cid:455) (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:373)easu(cid:396)i(cid:374)g just. The five-factor model of personality traits: robert mccrae and paul costa (cid:862)big fi(cid:448)e(cid:863) Extraversion (positive emotionality) sociable vs retiring; fun loving vs sober; affectionate vs reserved. Neuroticism (negative emotionality) worried vs calm; insecure vs secure; self pitying vs self satisfied.