Who Was the Earliest Proponent of the Lexical Approach to Understanding

question 96

Multiple Choice

Who was the earliest proponent of the lexical approach to understanding personality traits?

• A) Gordon Allport
• B) Raymond Cattell
• C) Francis Galton
• D) Hans Eysenck

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Definitions:

Connectionist Model

A cognitive model based on the concept that mental phenomena can be explained by interconnected networks of simple units.

Word Superiority Effect

The phenomena where letters are more easily recognized and processed when they are part of a word rather than when they are seen in isolation or in a string of unrelated letters.

Direct Perception

A theory of perception, proposed by Gibson, holding that information in the world is “picked up on” by the cognitive processor without much construction of internal representations or inferences. The emphasis is on direct acquisition of information.

Prototype Formation

Prototype formation is the process of creating a mental image or best example of a category, used in cognitive psychology to explain how people categorize information and objects.