PSYD33H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Neuroticism, Lexical Hypothesis, Unst

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9 scales: hypochrondriac, depression, hysteria, psychosis, m/f (masculinity/feminity - homosexuality was a mental disorder), psychoasthemia (anxiety), schiz. , mania (bipolar) Went to hospital and asked all psychiatrists and clin. psych"s to refer to them all these disordered people; then given battery of test items (over 700) to complete; then compared that inventory to a normative sample. Sets of items that disting. b/w normal and pathological group (hence criteria method) *called empirical b/c of empirical approach; based on stat"s doesn"t matter about qualitative items. Criticism: some items have base-validity and others don"t. Id all charact"s f/ each scale; items then tested empirically. 5 factor: neuroticism, extroversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, Factor-analysis (technique used to find common underlying traits in a group of traits): lexical hypothesis - to un/st universal personality traits you must look at language that has evolved over time that hum"s use to describe themselves or others. Words in the dictionary were analyzed - 196 personality traits (allport)

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