1.4 a room with a cue

Question 1

name the 4 different cue types:

Answer 1

1. Self directed identity claims
2. Other directed identity claims
3. Interior behavioral residue
4. exterior behavioral residue

Question 2

Name the 4 research questions

Answer 2

1. Do observers agree on personality ratings based on occupants’ personal environments?
2. Which environmental cues are being used?
3. Are observer ratings accurate?
4. How do stereotypes used by observers affect consensus and accuracy?

Question 3

Cue utilization

Answer 3

link between observable cue and an observer’s judgement.

Question 4

Cue validity

Answer 4

link between observable cue and the occupant’s actual level of underlying construct.

Question 5

4 sources of data:

Answer 5

1. Observer judgments
2. Self-rating
3. Environmental cues
4. Sex and race of occupants

Question 6

4 potential limitations:

Answer 6

1. Altering the room before they came
2. May displayed social desirable symbols
3. Limited to set of cues
4. no statistical power to search for configurations of cues