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Dispositional Theories
Cattel and Eysenck: Trait and Factor Theories
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1. Both Cattell and Eysenck used __________________ analysis to identify personality variables.
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2. Raymond Cattell was a native of ___________________________ but lived most of his life in the United States.
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3. Factor analysis is based on ____________________________ coefficients.
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4. Introversion versus extraversion would be a ________________ trait.
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5. Cattell’s P technique extracts ___________________________ traits.
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6. Cattell’s ___________________________ technique correlates scores of many people on many variables obtained at two different occasions.
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7. A ______________________ refers to temporary changes in behavior resulting from immediate environmental changes.
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8. __________________ refer to observations made from a person’s life record.
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9. Cattell concentrated on _________________________ traits rather surface traits.
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10. Dynamic traits are also called _________________________ traits.
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11. Cattell’s 16 PF scale measures __________________________ personality traits.
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12. Cattell defines an ________________________ as a specific course of action, or desire to act, in response to a given situation.
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13. Eysenck is a native of _________________________ but has lived most of his life in London.
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14. Eysenck advocates a ______________-level hierarchy of behavior organization.
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15. Several habitual responses form a _____________________.
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16. Several interrelated traits form a _____________________.
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17. Eysenck believes that differences in _______________________ arousal are primarily responsible for differences in behavior of extraverts and introverts.
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18. In Eysenck’s theory, ____________________________ is opposed to stability.
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19. Eysenck’s P factor stands for ________________________ .
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20. Eysenck insisted personality has a _____________________ basis.