ECON 546 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Standardized Test
27 Jun 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Interpersonal+accuracy:+accurate+judgment+about+any+verifiable+characteristic+of+
a+person
Such+a+traits,+emotions,+deceits,+etc.+
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The+Process+of+Accurate+Perception
Identification/detection+
Perceiving+a+cue+
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1.
Comprehension/utilization
Appropriate+interpretation+of+a+cue
Happiness,+friendliness
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2.
Should+we+include+'sensitivity'?
Knowing+how+to+respond+(Bernier)
Should+you+approach+the+person?+
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Execution+of+appropriate+response+
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Methodological+Considerations
Content+
Ie.+Features,+attributes,+behaviours+
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Unit+of+analysis+
Ie.+Traits,+people,+interactions,+relationships+
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Accuracy+criterion+
How+do+we+verify+the+accuracy+of+judgment?
Target+selfQreport
How+happy+the+person+reports+being
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Consensus
How+happy+the+person+seems+to+others
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Expert+judgments+
How+happy+the+person+seems+to+a+clinician
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Behavioural+observations
How+many+times+a+person+smiles
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Operational+criteria
Standardized+test+w/+specific+targets+preQdesignated+as+high+
vs.+low+happiness+
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Sample/amount+of+information
Long+term+relationships
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Brief+interactions
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Thin+slices+
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Information+source/modality+
Full+modality+
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Audio+only
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Posed+vs.+spontaneous+stimuli+
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Passive+vs.+interactive+
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Metaphor:+the+Elephant
Is+accuracy+in+one+domain+related+to+accuracy+in+other(s)?
Primarily+emotion+detection+and+personality+perception+have+been+compared+
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When+tasks+are+different,+associations+are+low+
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What+if+you+judge+the+same+people+on+emotions+and+personality+
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Metaphor:+fruit+
From+the+same+family+but+some+more+similar,+some+different+
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Are+we+accurate?+
Often+yes
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Sometimes+with+minimal+information+
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Gosling+et+al.,+2012+
Can+you+detect+someone's+personality+from+only+viewing+their+bedroom?
7+observers+visited+rooms+of+80+targets
Rated+on+Big+5+personality+traits
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Accurate+criterion:
Target+self+and+close+other+reports+□
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Gottman+and+Levenson+
Four+Horsemen:+criticism,+defensiveness,+stonewalling,+contempt+
If+you+can+detect+these,+you+might+be+able+to+predict+important+
relationship+outcomes+
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Lecture'2:'What'is'accuracy'&'why'does'it'matter?'
Wednesday,+ January+17,+2018
10:05+AM
