PSYC35H3 Lecture 4: LECTURE 4 C35 (detailed) (recordings)
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4 min we"ll be revisi the topic of personality structure but considering an alternative interpretation of meaning of what the structure conveys. So the term w ven been using as the meaning that we"ve been using so far today with ref to ther term structure has been what"s typically called in resea a var center appr. Adopts the approach taken thus far, where by structure we mean the pattern of relationship, covar that occurs among persona attri within a pop. The goal is determ what attrib can co-occur with other attri as we look at how ind can differ from one another. To identify those clusters of attributes give them names and then see what they create. The var is a search for pers traits. The goals is determine how many traits there are along which we differ, where traits refer to clusters of attributes . the standard approach we"ve taken to identifying the persona struct has been fac ana.
