PSYB01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Psychological Testing, Takers, Extraversion And Introversion
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Specifies the conceptual meaning of key terms. Identifies how variables are to measured or operationalized. Explains the rationale for importance of particular concepts under study. Explains why particular variables and their measurements are shown. A psychological theory is important because it will provide a conceptual framework of the study. A concrete framework can be thought of as a network of interlocking relationships linking theoretical ideas to concrete variables and their measurements. Construct: abstraction/concept that is specified in a theory in order to describe, explain and predict a wide range of related empirical findings; those studied in psychology are not directly observable material entities (e. g. intelligence, memory, anxiety, attention) E. g. construct of anxiety can be operationalized into 3 distinct variables: 1. Self-report all these 3 represent different dependent variables of the anxiety. Ordinary task where p wrote brief essays on their opinion about. P completed reaction-time test against person they thought marked. Aim: investigate conditions that produce interpersonal violence.
