block and block longitudinal study correct answers Study of 100 children assessed at 3, 4, 5, 7,
and 11 years
one of first studies that looked at how personality changes
early life measurement predicts later personality
aggression and activity level stays steady into adulthood
traits as internal properties correct answers These unseen properties cause people to experience
certain
motivations and needs
carry these internal properties from one situation to the next
Can exist without behavioral manifestation: I can have desire to
do something but refrain from doing it.
Usefulness: Rules out other explanations for behavior
may not be able to conclude personality traits (if you dont know their internal motivation)
traits as descriptive summaries correct answers Describe behavior without assuming causality
traits describe behavior
can cause inaccurate conclusions about people
lexical approach correct answers assumption that the most crucial features of personality are
embedded in our language
based off a populations vocabulary
synonym frequency correct answers if an attribute has not merely one or two trait adjectives to
describe it, but rather six, eight, or ten words, then it is a more important dimension of individual
difference
cross cultural frequency correct answers is the concept important in most cultures?
theoretical approach correct answers Starts with a theory, which then determines which traits are
important
statistical approach correct answers uses factor analysis, or similar statistical procedures, to
identify major personality traits
, used after lexical/theoretical approach
think CATEGORIES
factor analysis correct answers finds which traits "covary" but are separate from other traits
Eysenck correct answers Trait theorist who proposed two main dimensions on which human
personalities differ:
psychoticism, extroversion , neuroticism
hierarchal
heritability
biological basis correct answers eysenck believed he needed to include traits that have a
_____________ _____ --can be traced back to our anatomy and physiology
brain, chemicals, level of NT in brain that causes a trait
theoretical approach correct answers which approach to making a personality test did Eysynck
use??
psychoticism, extraversion, neuroticism correct answers The three personality factors studied by
Hans Eysenck are _____, _____, ______.
super trait, narrow trait, habitual acts, specific acts correct answers eysencks hierarchy
myers briggs correct answers a personality test that taps 4 characteristics and classifies people
into 1 of 16 personality types
popular in business world, not in research
poor validity and reliability
puts people in typology and dichotomy
enneagram correct answers a nine sided figure used in a particular system of analysis to represent
the spectrum of possible personality types
typology
not based in modern scientific methods
conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism, openness, extraversion correct answers the big
five personality traits