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How is the BAS similar to extraversion? In what ways does BAS differ from extraversion?
 
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Describe the major steps in factor analysis.
 
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Both BAS-impulsivity and extraversion incorporate incentive seeking and the tendency to experience positive emotions. Gray's BAS differs from the concept extraversion in two ways. First, unlike the concept extraversion, the BAS does not include a sociability component. Second, the BAS encompasses the notion of impulsivity, which the concept of extraversion does not.

Answer to Question 2

(1) Collect data. (2) Determine correlation of every item with every other item. (3) Factor extraction: reduce correlation matrix to smaller number of underlying dimensions (factors). (4) Factor loadings: correlations between each individual item and each factor. (5) Label the factors.



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