PS271 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Conscientiousness, Extraversion And Introversion, Convergent Validity
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Personality has since changed from the 1960s to 1980s (peaceful) to early 2000s to present day (narcissism) 77-79: new definition about a trait on the bottom of pg. Many traits under each of those dimensions. Example: quick to decide that your roommate is dishonest. Can"t make a quick judgment on the h-factor: hardest one to assess. Workplace personality as it is perceived is not the most accurate. Personality questionnaire must be well constructed and validated in order to be assessed correctly. 78 (2nd paragraph down: research evidence that these personality inventories are accurate. A correlation at . 20 is statistically significant, not practically significant. Pearson r = correlation r = . 20 p < . 05 statistically significant p < . 01 very strict p > . 055/. 06 by chance p = ns not significant pg. Sr : or r = . 50 all 6 factors.
