PSYCH 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Extraversion And Introversion, Neuroticism, Conscientiousness
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Tests that recognize they don"t like to be explicit esp. if they deviate from what is. Talk about ambiguous stimuli like inkblot - use story/reaction to figure out what"s socially acceptable really going on with you. Test people without them knowing that they"re being tested. Humans naturally categorize people/themselves to figure things out. 80-90% of people think the test results are valid. But need to keep in mind the barnum effect. Effect: tendency to accept vague descriptions of our personality as valid and true. Read into something what you want to get out of it. Validity: accuracy of measurements, what it"s measuring is what it"s supposed to. Reliable but not valid example: everyone is categorized in the same way if they. Standardized personality tests - distribution/bell curve analysis act the same way but people of different cultures were categorized incorrectly. ~600 true/false questions re: 10 clinical scales. Most widely used by psychologists - intake interviews.
