Psychology of Personality 334 || with 100% Errorless Answers.
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Psychology of Personality 334
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Psychology Of Personality 334
Charles Darwin correct answers A naturalist and was best know for his theory of evolution by natural selection
Personality Psychology correct answers the scientific study of the psychological forces that make people uniquely themselves
Deductive Approach
(Where Personality Theories come From...
Psychology of Personality 334 || with 100% Errorless
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Charles Darwin correct answers A naturalist and was best know for his theory of evolution by
natural selection
Personality Psychology correct answers the scientific study of the psychological forces that make
people uniquely themselves
Deductive Approach
(Where Personality Theories come From) correct answers Bx's and characteristics of individuals
(Particular Instances)
Inductive Approach
(Where Personality Theories come From) correct answers Laws and Principles of Personality
(Generalizations)
Nomothetic approach to personality correct answers focuses on identifying general laws that
govern the behavior of all individuals
(Generalizations of Groups to Understand the One)
Idiographic approach to personality correct answers focuses on the individuality of a person by
focusing on the individual person of the one and not the many
Barnum effect correct answers the tendency to accept certain information as true,
such as character assessments or horoscopes,
even when the information is so vague as to be worthless.
scientific interference correct answers An inference refers to a reasonable conclusion, possible
hypotheses drawn from data.
Inference is where you make an educated guess about how something works based on
observations.
correlation coefficient correct answers numerical measure of some type of correlation, meaning a
statistical relationship between two variables.
objective assessment correct answers measurement that is not dependent on the individual
making the assessment
(Ex) Measurable (Think of Multiple choice or T&F questions)
subjective assessment correct answers measurement that relies on interpretation by the individual
making the assessment
(Ex) Answer is dependent on the experiences of that individual being tested
Reliability correct answers the consistency of scores that are expected to be the same
, In Short: consistency of measurements
test-retest reliability correct answers measure of consistency over time
(Patterns of data and measurements)
Validity correct answers the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is supposed to be
measuring
construct validity correct answers the extent to which a test truly measures a theoretical construct
convergent validity correct answers a measure is related to what is should be related to
discriminant validity correct answers a measure is NOT related to what it should NOT be related
to
response set correct answers a bias responding to test items that is unrelated to the personality
characteristic being measured
Ex) saying yes to being organized when I know I struggle with this but I am saying yes because
it sounds the most socially acceptable
How can you stop a response set? correct answers neutral wording
reverse-code some items
include lie scales
use several different methods of assessment
self-report Tests correct answers usually pencil and paper tests
they are the most common type of test
Examples of Self-Report Tests
(Need to know at least know two) correct answers Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory
(MMPI)
Big-Five Inventory (BFI)
Affective Communication Test (ACT)
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Biological Measures correct answers Assumes that the nervous system is an important element
of personality
Examples of Biological Measures
(Need to know at least know two) correct answers Electroencephalogram (EEG)
PET Scan
Magnetic resonance imagery (MRI)
Functional magnetic resonance imagery (fMRI)
Hormonal Levels
Chromosomal Analysis
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