16 Questions
What is the dispositional domain concerned with?
Stable aspects of personality
Why is the term 'disposition' used in the context of personality?
To indicate inherent tendencies in behavior
What are traits interchangeably used with in the context of personality?
Dispositions
How are traits presumed to be in the view of 'traits as internal causal properties'?
Stable and enduring over time
What guides those who study personality traits?
Conceptualizing traits, identifying important traits, formulating comprehensive taxonomy of traits
What is the scientific usefulness of viewing traits as causes of behavior?
To rule out other causes of behavior
According to the lexical approach, how are important traits identified?
By examining the frequency of synonymous trait adjectives
What is the act frequency approach to traits primarily concerned with?
Identifying which acts belong in which trait categories
In Eysenck's hierarchical model of personality, what is placed at the very lowest level in the hierarchy?
Specific acts
What is the primary focus of the statistical approach to identifying important traits?
Using factor analysis to identify major personality traits
According to Eysenck, what are the three main traits that met the criteria in his hierarchical model of personality?
Extraversion, neuroticism, and psychoticism
What is a key criterion for identifying important traits according to the lexical approach?
Synonym frequency
What does the theoretical approach to identifying important traits start with?
"A theory that determines which variables are important"
What is a characteristic of Cattell's Taxonomy: The 16 Personality Factor System?
"Interpersonal warmth" as a broad super-trait
What does the act nomination procedure involve according to the act frequency approach to traits?
"Identifying which acts belong in which trait categories"
"Cross-cultural universality" is a key criterion for identifying important traits according to which approach?
"Lexical approach"
Explore the stable aspects of personality that make people unique in the dispositional domain. Learn about inherent tendencies and traits that shape behavior and remain relatively consistent over time and situations.
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