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Multivariate Models of Cognition and Personality: The Need for Both Process and Structure in Psychological Theory and Measurement

Author(s):
Messick, Samuel J.
Publication Year:
1973
Report Number:
RB-73-50
Source:
ETS Research Bulletin
Document Type:
Report
Page Count:
53
Subject/Key Words:
Cognitive Development, Guilford, J. P., Models, Multivariate Analysis, Personality, Psychometrics

Abstract

This paper calls for the development of sequential models of cognition and personality as a way of adding process to the primarily structural concerns of current multivariate models. At the same time, it points to the results of factor analysis, particularly as summarized in a hierarchical extension of Guilford's structure-of-intellect system, as a source of component variables for such sequential formulations. The need to take into account personality, developmental and environmental variables in these sequential models is also emphasized. (53pp.)

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