PSYC 307 Lecture 17: PSYC 307 Lecture 17
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How many facets - or factors - underlie a particular construct. Ex: you create a questionnaire, and questions 1, 3 and 4 is one factor, where questions 2, 5, and 6 are fall under factor 2. If someone answers high on questions 1 and 3, they are likely to answer high on factor 4. Five factor model personality: openness to experience = intelligence to curiosity about the world, conscientiousness = how responsible and dependable someone. Studies using neo-pi-r across 50 cultures reveal universality in ve-factor structure. Started with english terms, yields ve factors, uses those same words, yields ve factors. Tagalog: gregariousness = liking the company of others, talks a blot, humorous. (extraversion, self-assurance = assertive, brave, insensitive, not gullible. (neuroticism, concern for others vs. egotism = not violent, humble, generous (agreeableness, conscientiousness = dependable, hardworking, religious (conscientiousness) Intellect = clever, sensible, inquisitive, talented, curious. (openness to experience) Everyone seems to have ve factors, no matter the culture.
