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New Era University
College of Arts and Sciences
Theories of Personality
Written Report
Submitted To:
Prof: Elliot B. Daco
Submitted By:
Maloloy-on, Orpha
Manabat, Hanna
Marcial, Kimberly
Ψ Raymond Cattell
BIOGRAPHY OF RAYMOND CATTELL
Cattell was born in England in 1905 to a family of engineers.
Cattell was a bright student, graduating with his doctorate in psychology in 1929 from the university of London at 23.
A bleak job market forced Cattell to take a clinical position doing school psychology for 5 years.
This helped him with his future career in personality research.
In 1937, Cattell was invited to the states by E.L Thorndike in New York.
Cattell stayed in the US after this, taking positions at Clark University, Harvard University and the University of Illinois.
It was in Illinois, that he spent his most productive years developing personality tests.
In 1997, he was awarded a lifetime achievement award from the American Psychological Foundation.
TYPES OF DATA Q-DATA IS obtained by asking people to describe themselves in response to a set of standard questions (it can be multiple choice, or true or false.)
T-DATA Is obtained by asking people to take various tests (projective, physical, reaction times) in w/c the purpose of the test isn’t obvious. L-DATA Is obtained by gathering life history of person (personal records) such as grade point average, driving history, letters of recommendation.
3 KINDS OF TRAITS
ABILITY TRAITS Define as intelligence Cattell argued that we have 2 types of intelligence: fluid and crystallized FLUID INTELLIGENCE the innate ability to learn CRYSTALLIZED INTELLIGENCE what has been learned from education. Cattell believed that 80% of the variance in intelligence was the result of heredity; the remaining 20% due to experience.
TEMPERAMENT TRAITS These traits determine the general way a person behaviors. (speed, energy, etc.) thought to be largely inherited.
DYNAMIC TRAITS Are motivational. These guide
College of Arts and Sciences
Theories of Personality
Written Report
Submitted To:
Prof: Elliot B. Daco
Submitted By:
Maloloy-on, Orpha
Manabat, Hanna
Marcial, Kimberly
Ψ Raymond Cattell
BIOGRAPHY OF RAYMOND CATTELL
Cattell was born in England in 1905 to a family of engineers.
Cattell was a bright student, graduating with his doctorate in psychology in 1929 from the university of London at 23.
A bleak job market forced Cattell to take a clinical position doing school psychology for 5 years.
This helped him with his future career in personality research.
In 1937, Cattell was invited to the states by E.L Thorndike in New York.
Cattell stayed in the US after this, taking positions at Clark University, Harvard University and the University of Illinois.
It was in Illinois, that he spent his most productive years developing personality tests.
In 1997, he was awarded a lifetime achievement award from the American Psychological Foundation.
TYPES OF DATA Q-DATA IS obtained by asking people to describe themselves in response to a set of standard questions (it can be multiple choice, or true or false.)
T-DATA Is obtained by asking people to take various tests (projective, physical, reaction times) in w/c the purpose of the test isn’t obvious. L-DATA Is obtained by gathering life history of person (personal records) such as grade point average, driving history, letters of recommendation.
3 KINDS OF TRAITS
ABILITY TRAITS Define as intelligence Cattell argued that we have 2 types of intelligence: fluid and crystallized FLUID INTELLIGENCE the innate ability to learn CRYSTALLIZED INTELLIGENCE what has been learned from education. Cattell believed that 80% of the variance in intelligence was the result of heredity; the remaining 20% due to experience.
TEMPERAMENT TRAITS These traits determine the general way a person behaviors. (speed, energy, etc.) thought to be largely inherited.
DYNAMIC TRAITS Are motivational. These guide