Personality Psychology Glossary

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Personality Psychology Glossary # 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire (16 PFQ): 185 multiple-choice selfreporting test developed by Raymond Cattell et al. for use primarily in psychotherapy, and sometimes in career planning. A Abnormal Psychology: Study of psychological conditions of varying degrees of deviation from the norm. Agreeableness (A): Extent to which an individual exhibits traits of modesty, altruism, trust, and compliance. Anthropology: Study of culture and development of humans over time, through social, environmental, or physical effects and correlations. Applied Psychology: Branch of psychology that focuses upon using learned concepts to actively effect change (e.g. social work, psychotherapy, social engineering) in the environment and other individuals. Archetypes: An idealistic and psychoanalytical representation or image of a persona embedded in the collective unconscious, as proposed by Jung.

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