Introduction

Question 1

ID research goals

Answer 1

develop valid and reliable tools for assessing individual differences

Question 2

what are the 2 main research tools

Answer 2

• self-report methods
• behavioural or performance-based measures

Question 3

what do we tend to find with individual differences

Answer 3

• normally distributed
• represent both trait and state effects (as well as interactions with other individual differences)

Question 4

behavioural based measure example

Answer 4

• alternate uses test (all the thingd you do with X)
• remote association tests (fourth word meaning same thing)

Question 5

ethics and controversies in ID research

Answer 5

pros
- helps us understand causes of individual differences
- essential for addressing inequality

cons
- highly politically sensitive
- subject to misuse/misinterpretation