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PSY 435 Exam 5 Questions With || || || || || ||
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Describe the early contributions of Allport and Cattell - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔-Allport's commonsense approach yielded 5-10 traits that are || || || || || || || ||
central to each person's life. His biggest contribution may have been his
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identification of nearly 18,000 trait names in an unabridged English language || || || || || || || || || || ||
dictionary. These were the basis for Cattell's original work, they also continue
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to provide the foundation for recent factor analytic studies.
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-Cattell used the inductive method of gathering data which is they begin with
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no preconceived bias concerning the number or name of traits or types, while
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others have used the deductive theory which is that they have preconceived
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hypotheses in mind before they collect data. He also used three different
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media of observation: a person's life (L data) which is derived from
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observations made by other people; self reports (Q data) obtained from || || || || || || || || || || ||
questionnaires and other techniques designed to allow people to make || || || || || || || || || ||
subjective descriptions of themselves; and objective tests (T data), which
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measures performance such as intelligence, speed of responding, and other
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other such activities designed to challenge one's maximum performance.
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Cattell contribution cont. - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Third he divided traits
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into common traits (shared by many) and unique traits (peculiar to one
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individual) He also distinguished source traits and trait indicators or surface
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traits. He then FURTHERED his traits into temperament, motivation, and
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ability. ||
His approach yielded 35 primary or first-order traits. 23 of them characterize
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the normal population and 12 measure the pathological dimension.
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Describe the main points of Costa and McCrae biographies - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔-McCrae was born in Maryville, Missouri in 1949 || || || || || || ||
-McCrae was interested in science & math as child & went to college for
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philosophy ||
-McCrae completed PhD in psychology at Boston U, where he was referred to
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Costa ||
They began collaborating in 1976
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-Costa was born in Franklin, NH in 1942
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-Costa received PhD in human development from the University of Chicago
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in 1970
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-The collaboration between McCrae & Costa has been fruitful, producing over
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200 joint publications
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According to current trait theory, how many dominant trait dimensions
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comprise human personality? - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔5|| || || || ||
Describe the main statistical method trait theorists used to identify personality
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traits - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔A statistical process known as factor
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analysis
What makes a trait bipolar versus unipolar? - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔Unipolar traits are scaled from zero to some large amount. || || || || || || || || || ||
Height, weight, and intellectual ability are examples of this.
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Bipolar traits extend from. one pole to the opposite pole, with zero
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representing a midpoint. Introversion vs. extraversion, liberalism vs.|| || || || || || || ||
conservatism, and social ascendancy vs. timidity are examples. || || || || || || ||
PSY 435 Exam 5 Questions With || || || || || ||
Answers ||
Describe the early contributions of Allport and Cattell - CORRECT
|| || || || || || || || || ||
ANSWER(S)✔✔-Allport's commonsense approach yielded 5-10 traits that are || || || || || || || ||
central to each person's life. His biggest contribution may have been his
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
identification of nearly 18,000 trait names in an unabridged English language || || || || || || || || || || ||
dictionary. These were the basis for Cattell's original work, they also continue
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
to provide the foundation for recent factor analytic studies.
|| || || || || || || || ||
-Cattell used the inductive method of gathering data which is they begin with
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
no preconceived bias concerning the number or name of traits or types, while
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
others have used the deductive theory which is that they have preconceived
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
hypotheses in mind before they collect data. He also used three different
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
media of observation: a person's life (L data) which is derived from
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
observations made by other people; self reports (Q data) obtained from || || || || || || || || || || ||
questionnaires and other techniques designed to allow people to make || || || || || || || || || ||
subjective descriptions of themselves; and objective tests (T data), which
|| || || || || || || || || ||
measures performance such as intelligence, speed of responding, and other
|| || || || || || || || || ||
other such activities designed to challenge one's maximum performance.
|| || || || || || || ||
Cattell contribution cont. - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔Third he divided traits
|| || || || || || || || ||
into common traits (shared by many) and unique traits (peculiar to one
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
individual) He also distinguished source traits and trait indicators or surface
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
traits. He then FURTHERED his traits into temperament, motivation, and
|| || || || || || || || || ||
ability. ||
His approach yielded 35 primary or first-order traits. 23 of them characterize
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
the normal population and 12 measure the pathological dimension.
|| || || || || || || ||
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Describe the main points of Costa and McCrae biographies - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔-McCrae was born in Maryville, Missouri in 1949 || || || || || || ||
-McCrae was interested in science & math as child & went to college for
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
philosophy ||
-McCrae completed PhD in psychology at Boston U, where he was referred to
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Costa ||
They began collaborating in 1976
|| || || ||
-Costa was born in Franklin, NH in 1942
|| || || || || || ||
-Costa received PhD in human development from the University of Chicago
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
in 1970
||
-The collaboration between McCrae & Costa has been fruitful, producing over
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
200 joint publications
|| ||
According to current trait theory, how many dominant trait dimensions
|| || || || || || || || || ||
comprise human personality? - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔5|| || || || ||
Describe the main statistical method trait theorists used to identify personality
|| || || || || || || || || ||
traits - CORRECT ANSWER(S)✔✔A statistical process known as factor
|| || || || || || || || || ||
analysis
What makes a trait bipolar versus unipolar? - CORRECT
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ANSWER(S)✔✔Unipolar traits are scaled from zero to some large amount. || || || || || || || || || ||
Height, weight, and intellectual ability are examples of this.
|| || || || || || || ||
Bipolar traits extend from. one pole to the opposite pole, with zero
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
representing a midpoint. Introversion vs. extraversion, liberalism vs.|| || || || || || || ||
conservatism, and social ascendancy vs. timidity are examples. || || || || || || ||
