PSYC 361 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Construct Validity, Neuroticism, Extraversion And Introversion
7 Dec 2016
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Objectives: given a question about the manner by which differential psychologists, psychometricians, and. Dissimilarities between or among two or more people: goal of early psychology was to discover general principles of human behavior (still important today as well) Quickly became apparent that people differed in their capacities, proficiencies, and capabilities. Differential psychology: scientific study of differences among people. James cattell- student of whilhelm wundt interested in predicting differences among people using psychological variables: developed methods for measuring quantifying intelligence, developed mental tests (first intelligence tests) Do people trust others more when they self-disclose more. Differential / id approach person-centered, identify characteristics of an individual that help explain that person"s behavior. Psychometrics: practice of measuring an unobservable characteristic and placing it on a scale or metric: likert scales. Describe how differential psychology, psychometrics, and i/o psychology approach individual differences in different ways: Psychometrics: figuring out how to measure individual differences, how can i quantify those differences, reliability and validity.
