PSYB30H3 Lecture 2: LEC 02
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Lec 02 chapter 2 personality assessment, measurement, and research design. Scientific method set of methodological steps in order to make conclusions: describes how to make and test observations, draws conclusions, minimizes errors, publish results, tools. Self-report data (s-data) the information a person reveals. Pros individuals know themselves in a way that no one else does (ex. habitual level of anxiety) Twenty statements test) or structured (true or false, ex. Adjective check list: likert rating scale participants indicate in numerical form the degree to which each trait term characterizes them, ex. on a 7 point scale, dichotomous two-choice scales, checklists, forced-choice scales, visual analog scales. Neo personality inventory these have statements to which the answer ranges from strongly agree to strongly disagree: minnesota multiphasic personality index, 2nd edition (mmpi-2) History - first published in 1943 by hathaway and mckinley. Inadequate original standardization sample: concerns about item content, objectionable items, not broad enough to assess certain characteristics like suicide.
