Midterm Flashcards
What are the Experimenter Demands?
Creates a social desirability response
Creates the opposite of a social desirable way
What is Finders second?
There are no perfect indicators of personality; only clues
What are the 4 types of research?
Correlation research
Experimental research
Natural or Quasi-Experiments
Moderation by individual differences
What does Correlation Research do?
Show line of best fit
What does Experimental Research?
Test Casuation
What is does Natural-Experiments do?
Lets nature assign Ps to condition
What is the Rational Method?
To choose face valid items
What is Operationalization in the Psychological Process?
The way a study measures a psychological process
Why can’t Psychology and Personality be directly observed?
We must infer processes from other observations
Why are Attention Checks used?
To see if the participant is accurate and paying attention during the experiment
What are WEIRD participants?
Western Educated Industrialised countries Rich countries Democratic countries
What is a Trait Approach?
To identify fair stable psychology and behavioural tendencies that differ between people
What is the definition of Traits?
Stable individual differences
What falls under Traits?
Narcissism
Agreeableness
Paranoia
What is the definition of States?
Current individual differences between people
