Psychology 2550A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Gordon Allport, Extraversion And Introversion, Factor Analysis

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2550A/B
• Professor: David Vollick

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Introverts shy, loners, withdrawn, especially during stressful emotional conflict people and social activity: type a, very competitive, aggressive, hostile with exaggerated sense of urgency, type b, the opposite. Individuals often differ greatly and consistently in their responses to the same psychological situation or stimulus (traits = the explain individual differences in behavior: the degree of the trait the person has (e. g. , how much conscientiousness ) Hans j. eyesnck: eysenck introversion-extraversion (vs. jung"s separate personality types) based on empirical research, also emotional stability (or neuroticism ) as a major dimension of personality. The big five trait dimensions: factor analysis is a statistical method that sorts test responses into clusters of highly correlated items, ex. Neo personality inventory revised (neo-pi-r: questions on the neo-pi-r, measure the big 5 personality traits, evaluate global and stable qualities of individuals, represent different clusters of psychological terms, assess the major dimensions of personality.