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Allport founded traits |
Isabel Briggs Meyers make the -myers-briggs type indicator- |
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Factor analysis |
A statistical procedure used to identify clusters of test items that tap basic components of intelligence |
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Hans Eysenck and Sybil Eysenck |
Extraversion-introversion emotional stability-instability, the EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONAIRE |
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Trait |
A characteristic pattern of behavior or a disposition to feel and act, as assessed by self-report inventories and peer reports |
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Brain arousal |
Extraverts have a relatively lower activity in the frontal lobes, dopamine higher in extraverts Autonomic nervous system reactivity affects personality |
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Personality inventory |
A questionnaire (often contains true or false, disagree or agree) in which people responds to items designed to gauge a wide range of feelings and behaviors, used to assess selected personality traits |
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Minnesota multiphastic personality inventory (MMPI) |
The most widely researched and clinically used of all personality tests. Used for screening and finding emotional disorders |
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Empirically derived test |
The test developed by a testing pool of items and then selecting those that discriminate between groups |
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Barnum effect |
The tendency to accept certain information as true even when it's so common that it is practically worthless like horoscopes or personality descriptions |
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The Big Five personality traits |
Conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism, openness, extraversion |
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Person-situation controversy |
The interaction of our inner disposition with our environment, are we consistent or different with each person |
