PSY 321 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Hindsight Bias, Face Validity, Personality Psychology
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4 personality research methods: behavior, life outcome, informants, self (blis) research is done to explore the unknown. Funder"s 2nd law:no perfect indicator of personality, only clues. Self-judgments data (1)questionnaire, surveys characteristics (2) high face validity, most frequent. Self data advantages (5) lots info; access to thought/feeling/intention; definitional truth; simple/easy; self-verification self-verification:people work hard to bring others to treat them in a manner that confirms their self-conception. Self data disadvantages (5) lies, fish-and-water effect, memory distortion, self-insight needed, too simple fish-and-water effect: people do not notice their most obvious characteristics. Informant data (3) advantages (3)no training needed, frequently used, observation of multiple situations, family/work/therapy. Informant data advantages (5) many i, many situations, external validity, uses context, expectancy effect (behavioral confirmation) Informant data disadvantages (4)limited context, no private xp, extreme behaviors stay, Life outcomes data (3) archives/self-report, social media, personality"s residue life outcome advantages (4)objective, verifiable, important, affected by personality life outcome disadvantages (2) multidetermination, invasion of privacy.
