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PSY 216 Final Review
Esyenck
Question | Answer |
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How did Eysenck study personality traits | through factor analysis |
Four criteria for a psychological factor | factor analysis, heritability (bio based), must make theoretical sense (consistency), must be able to predict (factors have to predict behaviors) |
4 level hierarchy of behavior | specific acts or cognition, habitual acts or cognition, traits, type |
What were Eysenck's 3 major personality factors | extroversion vs introversion neuroticism vs emotional stability psychoticism vs superego |
Why are traits biologically based? | same factors world wide, consistency over time, twin studies |
What traits did Costa & McCrae come up with? and how many? | Big Five personality traits. openness, conscientiousness, agreeableness, extroversion and neuroticism |