PSY230H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Carl Jung, 16Pf Questionnaire, Extraversion And Introversion

• School: UTSG
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY230H1
• Professor: Dan Dolderman

Document Summary

Trait approach: use of a limited set of adjectives or adjective dimensions to describe and scale individuals. Ancient ideas include things like the four humours. Myers-briggs type indicator: a widely used instrument that attempts to measure introversion and extroversion and several other subclassifications as defined by carl. Sensation-intuition scale: subclassificaiton of the myers-briggs type indicator that reflects whether an individual is more prone to realism or imagination. Thinking-feeling scale: subclassificaiton of the myers-briggs type indicator that reflects whether a person is logical and objective or personal and subjective. Judgement-perception scale: subclassificaiton of the myers-briggs type indicator that reflects whether a person is oriented toward evaluating or perceiving. Factor analysis reduces redundancies in classification of words into personality categories. Q-data: term used by cattell to describe data gathered from self-reports and questionnaires. T-data: term used by cattell to describe data gathered from placing a person in a controlled test situation and noting or rating responses.