From Behavior to Temperament?

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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?

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?

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?

How many animals are under the water?

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Number of Sea MonstersHow 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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