What Technique Is Used by Trait Theorists to Categorize the Diversity

question 180

Multiple Choice

What technique is used by trait theorists to categorize the diversity of traits into as few as three or five underlying traits?

• A) Factor analysis
• B) Illusory correlations
• C) Behavioural inconsistencies
• D) Lexical approach

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Definitions:

Phatic Function

One of Jakobson’s semiotic functions. Keeps participants in communication “on track” by establishing how communication will take place.

Semioticians Study

The examination of signs and symbols as significant elements of communication and the ways they are interpreted within cultural and social contexts.

Interpretation and Meaning

The process of explaining or providing the significance of something, such as data or events, often involving personal judgment or contextual analysis.

Dramatistic Analysis

Analyzing communication as performance, as actors acting out a drama; sometimes called dramatism. For example, Burke’s dramatistic pentad asks questions such as these: What act is taking place? Who is taking this action? How or by what means did the act take place? Where and when did the act take place? Why was the act done?