PSY 290 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Discriminant Validity, Double Negative, Narcissistic Personality Inventory
16 Sep 2018
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Operationalization- the process of turning a concept of interest into a measured or manipulated variable. Researcher ed diener and his study of happiness (1996: 1= strongly disagree, 7= strongly agree. In most ways my life is close to my ideal. So far i have gotten the important things i want in life. If i could live my life over, i would change almost nothing. Findings: most people scored above 20, ex) in one study, 63% of high school & college students scored above a 20, in another study, 72% of disabled adults scored above 20. Ladder of life (cantril, 1965)- imagine a ladder with steps numbered from 0 at the bottom to 10 at the top. The top of the ladder represents the best possible life for you and the bottom of the ladder represents the worst possible life for you.
