PSY 161 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: 16Pf Questionnaire, Word Association, Factor Analysis

• School: University of Rochester
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 161
• Professor: Professor Elliot

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Nomothetic vs. idiographic: nomothetic, compare all people on the same dimension, ex: friendliness, friendliness is applicable to everyone and everyone can be described in terms of friendliness. In-depth analysis of single pe(cid:396)so(cid:374) a(cid:374)d the di(cid:373)e(cid:374)sio(cid:374)s (cid:396)ele(cid:448)a(cid:374)t to that pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s personality: pick out certain adjectives and hone in on them to describe a person in a very unique way, patterned individuality, unique combination. Idiographic idea: 8 central traits of jenny. Allport: allport did very little statistical analysis, allpo(cid:396)t"s effe(cid:272)t o(cid:374) pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)ality psy(cid:272)hology (cid:449)as s(cid:373)all (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause of his (cid:449)ay of (cid:396)esea(cid:396)(cid:272)h, allport went overboard on idiographic, looked at uniqueness of people. C(cid:396)iti(cid:395)ue of cattell"s app(cid:396)oa(cid:272)h: over-reliance on factor analysis, nomothetic only, p(cid:396)ofile of pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)ality is too a(cid:271)st(cid:396)a(cid:272)t a(cid:374)d ste(cid:396)ile, o(cid:374)ly k(cid:374)o(cid:449)s (cid:862)a(cid:448)e(cid:396)age(cid:863) Types vs. traits: typological theories, gale(cid:374)"s hu(cid:373)o(cid:396)s, heldo(cid:374)"s somatotypes, trait theories, allport, cattell, eysenck, the big five. Eysenck- another nomothetic theorist: recast 4 personality temperaments into 2 basic dimensions. Introversion-extroversion: stability-instability (neuroticism, unstable individuals more easily excited, angered, and depressed.