Chapter 2- Exam 1 Flashcards
1
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What is Funder’s Second Law?
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There are no perfect indicators of personality
2
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What is Funder’s Third Law?
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Something beats nothing
3
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What is One Big Theory?
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It is difficult to do everything well
4
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S data
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- Self judgement or self reports
- A person’s evaluation of his own personality
- usually questionnaire
- most frequently used
5
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Advantages of S data?
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- large amount of info, easy cheap
- thoughts, feelings, intentions
6
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Disadvantages of S data?
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- Dont tell the truth
- Cant tell you; forgot or fish and water effect
- too simple, too easy
7
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I data
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- informant report
- judgements by knowledge informants about general attributes of the individuals personality
8
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Advantages of I data?
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- based on large info
- based on common sense about what behaviors mean and based on behaviors in the real world
- reputation afftects opportunities
9
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Disadvantages of I data?
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- limited behavioral info
- Error: more likely to remember extreme, unusual behaviors
- bias
10
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L data
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- life outcomes
- verifiable, concrete, real life outcomes that may hold psychological significance
- obtained from archival records or self report
11
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Advantages of L data?
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- most objective and verifiable of all data
12
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Disadvantages of L data?
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- May be difficult to access
- May violate privacy
13
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Expectancy effect
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When the desired response is subtly communicated
14
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B data
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- behavioral data
- information that is carefully and systematically recorded from direct observation
- the most visible indication of personality
- natural v laboratory
15
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Personality testing
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- type of B data
- used to see how a person responds (MMPI, TAT, inkblot)
- physiological measures show biological behavior
