From Behavior to Temperament?

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From Behavior to Temperament?
How do developmental psychologists find
underlying dimensions when we can only observe
specific behaviors?
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First Observation of Sea Monster(s)
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How many animals are under the water?
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How many animals are under the water?
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Second Observation of Sea Monster(s)
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How many animals are under the water?
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How many animals are under the water?
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Third Observation of Sea Monster(s)
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How many animals are under the water?
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How many animals are under the water?
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Number of Sea Monsters
How could you tell the number of sea monster when
you could only see parts of them?
You saw visible parts move together and others
move independently you did an intuitive
correlation.
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Number of Sea Monsters
By looking at the correlations between all the
parts we can see (observable behaviors), we can
infer something about their underlying nature
(theoretical constructs)
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Number of Sea Monsters
Factor Analysis is a statistical method that
looks at how lots of different observations
correlate and determines how many theoretical
constructs could most simply explain what you see.
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