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1. Explain the basics of factor analytic procedures.

2. Explain the importance of R. B. Cattell's pioneering work.

3. Describe Eysenck's approach to the measurement of personality.

4. Name and explain Eysenck;s criteria for identifying factors.

5. Name and describe Eysenck's three general types, or superfactors.

6. Describe how Eysenck's three superfactors relate to and predict behavior.

7. Explain how Eysenck's theory of personality relates to disease.

8. Distinguish between the Big Five as a taxonomy and as a theory.

9. List and briefly describe each of the Big Five factors.

10. List and briefly describe McCrae and Costa's three core components of personality.

11. List and briefly describe McCrae and Costa's three peripheral components of personality.

12. Briefly describe some of the cross-cultural research on McCrae and Costa's Big Five factors.







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