It Is Important for Cattell's Theory That

question 41

Multiple Choice

It is important for Cattell's theory that

• A) different types of data should yield different personality traits or factors.
• B) different types of data should yield the same personality traits or factors.
• C) different types of data should yield the same surface traits but different source traits.
• D) different types of data should yield different source traits and different surface traits.

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Definitions:

Telephone Surveys

A research method in which data is collected from respondents over the telephone to gather information on various topics.

Observational Study

A study where researchers observe and record behavior or outcomes without intervention to understand relationships between variables.

Variables Controlled

In experiments, these are the factors that researchers keep constant to prevent them from influencing the outcome of the study.

Confounding Variable

An external variable that influences both the dependent and independent variables, making the relationship between them less clear.