PSY E243 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Factor Analysis, Extraversion And Introversion, Psy
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Traits are continuous dimensions; types are distinct parts of personality. Not all configurations of traits may occur. Opposite ends of dimensions may really be qualitatively distinct: Challenge of type-theorists is to identify the types that exist, and to identify clear. Block (1971) identified five clusters of male college students on q-sort: boundaries between them. Belated adjusters: maladjusted in childhood, but maladjusted in adulthood. Anomic extraverts: well-adjusted in childhood, but maladjusted in adulthood. Limited by lack of diversity in sample. Caspi (1998) applied the same procedure to seven studies with diverse samples. Maladjusted overcontrolled: too rigid/uptight; denied oneself pleasure needlessly. Maladjusted undercontrolled: too impulsive; prone to crime, unsafe. Three basic personality types? sex, antisocial behavior. Three basic types have been found across a range of studies. Close links to block and block"s original theory of ego control/ego resiliency. I: moderate ego control, high ego resiliency. Ii: high ego control, low ego resiliency. Iii: low ego control, low ego resiliency.
