PRACTICABLE MODELS IN PERSONALITY RESEARCH
Abstract
A three day research conference on 'Practicable Models in Personality Research' was held at the University of Illinois' special conference house at Allerton Park. The following papers were read and discussed: The nature of models in personality theory, by R. B. Cattell; Models in handling rating and self rating data, by J. S. Wilde; Encompassing the situation in the personality model, by G. Bechtel; Theories of anxiety, by C. Spielberger; Models of structure emerging from objective personality tests, by J. Hundleby; Concepts of physiological and psychological interaction, by J. Fahrenberg; The type concept in psychopathology, by G. Dahlstrom; A model for psychological states, moods, and role sets, by J. R. Nesselroade; Models and methods for investigating personality and culture, by C. Izard; Concepts and models in motivation research, by A. B. Sweney; Learning theory and personality, by C. B. Truax. The conference demonstrated that it is possible, as of this point of development in psychology, for people in very diverse areas of research to get together and speak a common language of methodological and conceptual precision. It also showed that any effective integration of different fields in personality research is definitely dependent upon the common application of multivariate methods as well as the classical bivariate methods in the experimental field.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 15, 1968
- Accession Number
- AD0667841
Entities
People
- Raymond B. Cattell
Organizations
- University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign