PSY 260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Lexical Hypothesis, Machiavellianism, Retina

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 260
• Professor: Kaplan Jill

Document Summary

Provides an opposition to personality dynamics which concern the interactions among personality areas or parts. Many structural models of personality have been offered: structural models appear quite diverse, this usually is the case with structures of complex systems, it is possible to divide them in different ways for. Multiple valid maps are possible for complex systems. Different maps provide opportunities to emphasize different attributes about the system. Comprehensiveness: divisions should cover everything or nearly so. Scientific foundation: each division should be scientifically defensible (paranormal part) Distinctiveness: each division should be unique, different from the rest. Utility: the divisions should help with some scientific project. The lexical hypothesis: all important traits are to be found in the language. Factor analyze trait words to discover important traits. A wonderful model, but: limited to 30 or so traits, traits based on lay perception rather than professional expertise, excluded: verbal intelligence, internal-external locus-of- control, emotional intelligence, machiavellianism.