Ch.5 - Personality Judgment Flashcards
Consequences of Personality Judgements
- Opportunities like employment and friendships
- Self fulfilling prophecies
- Social Expectancy effects
Expectancies
Likely to be correct, and are especially strong when held by more than one person
Constructivism
All human ideas and personality is just a social construct
Critical Realism
Absence of infallible criteria does not mean all interpretations are correct, all information is useful
Convergent Validation
How closely related two things are, interjudge agreement
Configural Properties
Arrangement of features can determine personality
Moderator Variable
A variable affecting the relationship between 2 variables
The Good Judge
Intelligent and conscientious, high in communion, open and expressive
Communion
Investment in developing and maintaining relationships
Meta-Accuracy
People can tell if someone else is a good judge of character, but not if they are
The Good Target
Those whose behaviors are more predictable, with stable, consistent behavior
The Good Trait
Easy to observe, frequently in sociable people
Sociosexuality
Willingness to engage in a sexual relationship without commitment. Women were accurate about men but men were inaccurate about women. Men are accurate about other men
The Good Information
Amount or quantity of information, the best situation is one that brings out the trait that is judged
Boundary
Acquaintances are as accurate as people we know if they see us in the situation
