PSYC 2600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Personality Psychology, Operationalization, Likert Scale
8 Apr 2014
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Essay: technically, could just use textbook as only source (this works for some topics). But for vast majority, will need 3-5 sources, including the textbook. Media- huge issue with vaccine, connecting it to autism. Revoked the article, because there was flaw in it. Very rare that it slips through the process, though. Associations like apa will have legitimate sources, can use their online articles. Try to only use online information affiliated with official organization. Last class: we read personality study, class became sample. What did they measure: first questionnaire measured satisfaction of life, second one measured perceived stress. But if we measure on more aspects, we"d realise that no individuals are alike. We are all scientists of the world, we explore the world around us. Larsen and buss take this idea and use it for personality we are all personality psychologists- try to figure out what people are doing, why, what their personalities are like, etc.
