PSYCH 2B03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Social Animal, Catecholamine, Extraversion And Introversion

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 2B03
• Professor: Richard B Day

Document Summary

1 | p s y c h 2 b 3. Factor analysis are theories that have a contemporary importance that involved traits. They all see personality organization as genetically and biological tendencies which are also known as traits. Nature of factor analysis: let"s take an example that reflects the way in which modern trait theories actually were developed. We"ll start with english trait adjectives, like honest, generous, trustworthy, reliable, and so on: then we"ll winnow down the thousands of trait adjectives by eliminating obvious synonyms. 2 | p s y c h 2 b 3: what we do with factor analysis is identify these patterns in terms of a small number of underlying factors. Sample correlation matrix: (see slide 6 & 7 on the power point presentation. This will not be shown on the exam but it is better to get a view of it).