PSYC 250 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Conscientiousness, Sensation Seeking, Discriminant

• School: University of Illinois
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 250
• Professor: Derringer Jaime

Document Summary

Feel free to work on this study guide with others, including in-person and on- line sharing. What was the mbti designed to predict: four. Feeling, judging-perceiving: there are 16 types, originally designed to predict career paths. What are some arguments against these criticisms: behavior is not that consistent across situations, traits don"t predict that well, the upper limit of predictive validity was . 30 (personality coefficient) -> average effect size was r = . What does this tell us about the relative influence of the person versus the situation, in general: r = . 20. How does a longitudinal study investigate consistency over time: using the same people over a long period of time, blah blah consistency. What is type a personality, and what does it predict (and not predict): type a = workaholic, ambitious, organized, impatient, status- conscious, predicts heart disease (driven by hostility , does not predict mortality (ragland & brand 1988)