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From Behavior to Temperament? How do developmental psychologists find underlying dimensions when we can only observe specific behaviors? temperament temperament behavior behavior behavior behavior behavior behavior behavior DevPsy.org
First Observation of Sea Monster(s) DevPsy.org
How many animals are under the water? DevPsy.org
How many animals are under the water? DevPsy.org
Second Observation of Sea Monster(s) DevPsy.org
How many animals are under the water? DevPsy.org
How many animals are under the water? DevPsy.org
Third Observation of Sea Monster(s) DevPsy.org
How many animals are under the water? DevPsy.org
How many animals are under the water? DevPsy.org
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. DevPsy.org
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) DevPsy.org
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. DevPsy.org