PSYC 2310H Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Personality Psychology, Open Data Protocol, Personality Test
2 Feb 2018
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The data of personality psychology: lots acronym. L- data is information that can be obtained from a person"s life history or life record. O-data is information provided by knowledgable observers such as parents, friends, or teachers. Observations can be very specific behaviour or of more general ratings of behaviour. T-data is information obtained from experimental procedures or standardized tests. How long does it take adults to answer questions on a computerized task. S-data is information provided by the subject himself or herself, typically in the form of: people may be unaware of their psychological characteristics, people may be motivated to present themselves positively responses to questionnaires. Advantages of self-reports: convenient, easy to obtain. The data of personality psychology: lots of data: 2 points, researchers can combine data sources, thereby adding to one"s confidence in research findings, some forms of data do not easily fit into this four-category lots scheme.
