PSYCH 2B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Publication Bias, Statistical Significance, Extraversion And Introversion
21 Sep 2020
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Applies to all parts of the psychological triad (thoughts feelings behaviours) There are no perfect indicators of personality; there are only cues, and clues are always ambiguous : funders second law, psychologists job: gather as many clues as possible and put them together, clues might be behaviours or test scores. Something beats nothing, two times out of three : funders third law, 1 clue seems misleading do not ignore it. Four kinds of clues: s i l and b. If you want to know what someone is like just ask them. High face validity the questionnaire items measure what they seem to measure: e. g. , i am very friendly, true or false. Large amount of info: you are always with yourself, people are usually their own best expert, 2. Access to thoughts, feeling and intentions: 3. If you say you have high self-esteem it"s true: 4. Simple and easy: ask someone and its quick.
