chapter 6- exam 2

Question 1

interjudge agreement

Answer 1

• way to judge people’s personality
• type of convergent validation
• the process of assembling diverse pieces of information that converge on a common conclusion

Question 2

judgeability

Answer 2

• being high in judgeability is related to psychological health and happiness
• target moderator

Question 3

Realistic Accuracy Model (RAM)

Answer 3

• One explanation for how accurate judgement is possible
• accurate personality judgement is difficult
• moderators of accuracy must be the result of something that happens at one of these four stages
• relevance
• availability
• detection
• utilization

Question 4

relevance

Answer 4

does person do something relevant to the trait you’re judging

Question 5

avaiability

Answer 5

in a manner and place that the judge can see it

Question 6

detection

Answer 6

can the judge notice something that is happening?

Question 7

utilization

Answer 7

• accurately remembering and correctly interpreting information

Question 8

self-fulfilling prophecy and expectancies

Answer 8

• you create your own reality and live up to your own expectations

Question 9

first impressions

Answer 9

• bad behavior for the first impression will leave a bigger impression than a nicer behavior during the second encounter
• most are automatic

Question 10

moderation of accuracy

Answer 10

variables that change the correlation between a judgement and its criterion

Question 11

judge

Answer 11

the good judge: high sharing thoughts and feelings; judge others favorably; agreeable and adjusted; attributionally complex, open, positive, expressive, and socially skilled

Question 12

target

Answer 12

the good target: is stable and well-organized, psychologically well adjusted, extraverted, and agreeable

Question 13

information

Answer 13

good information: quantity or amount, quality