measuring personality

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pre-scientific methods

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-astrology
-physiognomy
-pheronology

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astrology

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personality assesment based on birth date

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physiognomy

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personality assessment based on the shape of body,particularly the face

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phrenology

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personality assesment based on shape of skull

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Descriptive methods (4)

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approches to study personality

LOTS
1.self-report
2.observer reports
3.test data
4.life history data

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1.Self-report

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asking people questions about their belifs and behaviour

provided by subject

responses to questionnairs

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advantages

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allows study of difficult- to-observe behaviours,thoughts and feelings

easy to distribute to large groups

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disadvantages

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respondednts may not be representative

responsaes may be bias or untruthful
-just don’t know
-or want to look good

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2.observer report

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observing behaviour of others

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who makes the observations ?

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-parents,friends,teachers (questinair)

-trained observers

-untrained,participants observers

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advantages

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-capture spontaneous behvaiour
-avoid bias of self-report

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disatvantages

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resercher interference
rarity of some behaviours
observer bias
time consuming

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test data

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assesing an individual’s abilities,cognitions,motivations,or behaviours, by observing their performance in a test situation

tests may be: physical,written or physiological

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physiological

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heart rate,blood pressure,arousal etc.

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projective techniques

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ex: the rorschach(inkblock)

perception of the stimulus revels something about mental state or personality

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advantages

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allows measurment of characteristics not easily observable,or known to the participant

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disadvantage

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must infer that the test measures what you think its measuring

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case study/life history

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intensive examination of a single person or group

-obtained from life history:interviews,autobiography,criminal records, social media,diaries

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advantages

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rich sources of hypothasis
allows for studies or rare behaviour

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disatvantage

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observer bias
difficult to generelize
difficult to reconstruct causes from complexity of past events

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which traits are easier to predict in observation data

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-openness
-conciencious
-extraversion

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evaluating personality measures

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reliability: are you hitting the same spot each time ?

validity: are you hitting the actual bulls eyes?

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reliability

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extent to which scores on the measure are stable and replicable vs amount of error or randomness in the measure

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validity

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degree to which measures asses what it is supposed to assess

*bull eye analogy

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measuring validity

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1.face validity
2.predictive validity
3.convergent validity
4.construct validity

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face validity

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does it measure what you think it measures

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predictive validity

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the ability of a test/or other measurment to predict a future outcome

ex:iQ and intelligence

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convergent validity

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relation to other measures of the same variable

does the test data reports and self-report have the same result?

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construct validty#

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does it meausre what you think is suppose to measure, does the way you evaluate your prediction acuratly, does your way of tests have the same result

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using multiple observers can

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increse likehood of realibility and validity

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center of open science

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founded to increse to openness,integraty ,and reproducibility of science research

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good reserch

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is open reserch:material and data are shared publicity

is methods that are strong and isolate questions of interest

is powered research(big sample size)