PSY321H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Dependent And Independent Variables, Impression Management, Null Hypothesis
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Validity: refers to whether or not a scale, test, or measure accurately measures what it is supposed to measure. Reliability: refers to whether it measures it consistently. Cross-cultural validation studies: examine whether a measure of psychological construct that was originally generated in a single culture is applicable, meaningful, and most importantly psychometrically equivalent (equally reliable and valid) in another culture, conduct before cross-cultural comparisons. Indigenous cultural studies are characterized by rich descriptions of complex theoretical models of culture that predict and explain cultural differences. Mesquita describes how cultural systems produce different concepts of the self, which in turn produce different types of specific concerns. Cross-culture comparisons are studies that compare cultures on some psychological variable of interest: serve as a backbone of cc research and are the most prevalent type of. 4 important dimensions that underlie and characterize diff types of cc comparisons.
