01:830:338 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Convergent Validity, Discriminant Validity, Random Assignment
18 Jan 2018
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Self report data- self judgements, person tells the psychologist to what degree they are friendly, dominant, etc. Informant data- judgements by knowledgeable informants about general attributes of the individual"s personality. Life outcome data- info that is out for public scrutiny, like clubs you are in, marital status, criminal record. Behavior observation data (natural, experimental)- the theoretical view of personality that focuses on overt behavior and the ways in which it can be affected by rewards and punishments in the environment. A modern variant is the social learning approach which adds a concern with how behavior is affected by observation, self-evaluation, and social interaction, aka learning approach. Self-verification- people work hard to bring others to treat them in a manner that confirms their idea of themself self-conception- a person"s knowledge and opinions about herself. Errors- refers to mistakes that occur more or less randomly because memory is not perfect.
