PSYCH 2B03 Chapter Notes - Chapter ALL: Eudaimonia, Comfort Object, Object Relations Theory
7 Dec 2017
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Clues to personality: the basic sources of data1/19/2013 8:11:00 pm. Funder"s second law: there are no perfect indicators of personality there are only clues and clues are always ambiguous. Personality hides within the individual inferences about personality occur from things that can be observed. Funder"s third law: something beats nothing, two times out if three. There are four kinds of clues to understandings personality: s data are self-judgments which are straightforward and simple. S data have what is called face validity (they are intended to measure what they seem to measure. Gives you a lot of information, access to thoughts, feelings and intentions. Some kinds of data are true to their definition. Truth by definition and is also a reflection of the social world: l data (life): verifiable, concrete, real-life facts that may hold psychological significance. Unfortunately is multidimensional: behaviour data: behaviour is observed which can be gathered in natural or contrived contexts.
