PSY 505 Lecture 11: 11. Final Exam Review
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April 20 @3pm in the gym (upper gym in khw) What is allport"s term for the ego or self: proprium. How many traits do cattell, eysenck, and mccrae & costa think are needed to explain personality: 16, 3, 5, (respectively) What are the names of eysenck"s traits: psychoticism, extraversion, neuroticism. Which of the three is the most commonly acted today: the big 5 by mccrae & costa. What statistical technique was used to establish their sets of traits: factor-analysis. Which trait is most common in personality theories (dating as far back as the ancient greeks: extroversion and neuroticism. Explain skinner"s opinion on freud and the neo-psychoanalytic approach: thinks their theories are complete fictions and garbage. Explain the term tabula rasa: meaning that people are born as blank slates and are entirely created by experiences in the environment, therefore people can be shaped into anything.