CAS PS 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Observational Learning, Social Desirability Bias, Collective Unconscious

• School: Boston University
• Department: Psychological & Brain Sciences
• Course: CAS PS 101
• Professor: Anne Gehrenbeck- Shim

Document Summary

Distinctiveness uniqueness focus on individual differences. Statistical method: factor analysis by cattell 16 dimensions of personality. Then reduced to the big five by mccrae and costa. Openness: new experiences, new people, adventures, change, transition. Mmpi minnesota multiphasic personality inventory (400+ items) clinical scales. 16 dimensions of normal personality (187 items) Ve: hahthrown effect (think about it to much and then the answers don"t re ect them), lie to present yourself better (social desirability bias), +ve: objectivity, large norming group (results are consistent with the world), lie scales. Projecting our opinions on ambiguous stimulus = freud (unconscious, censored less) Rorschach inkblot test (report what they see and why it looked like that (determinants: colour, objects, texture) Thematic apperception test tat (ex. a boy looking at the violin, ask the subject to tell a three part story) Sentence completion test (complete the sentence to get a sense of what emotions are connected) +ve: less transparent, indirect, yield helpful subjective info.