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In contrast to the primarily genetic dynamic traits that Cattell called ergs, sentiments in his system are predominantly acquired through learning (Cattell 1940). According to Cattell sentiments are motivational structures that develop through learning about objects, actions, people, institutions, and even symbolic ideas, like religions, that are encountered by individuals during their psychological development.
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Unlike the novel word erg, which Raymond Cattell coined because of his dissatisfaction with terms like instinct and drive, the word sentiment had been widely employed for many years. One of the best known uses of the word sentiment dates back to 1759 and the economist Adam Smith in his classic book The Theory of Moral Sentiments.Closer to Cattell in time was the psychologist William McDougall, who also gave sentiments a prominent role in his ideas about social psychology...
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Gillis, J. (2016). Sentiment (Cattell). In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_1109-1
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