PSYCH291 Lecture Notes - Orthodox Judaism, Convergent Validity, Rape Myth
10 Oct 2013
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Elaborate, ongoing process no clear singular test involves multiple tests to weigh the. Thursday, october 10, 2013 evidence against a measure. E. g. , theory of self-esteem originally predicted that students in high ability of schools would have higher se thus those in lower ability schools, but the reverse was found- led to theory revision. Results: students on average in the lower ability schools tended to have higher se. Recognized that se might not have to do anything with the absolute outcomes it"s a problematic assumptions: how you"re performing relatively to the local others. Lower ability schools are going to be perform better relative to their environment. Since performance is higher in high ability schools, students will be performing lower and therefore deflate se. E. g. , found that self-report measures of attitudes often failed to predict attitude- relevant behaviors led to development implicit attitude measures. Found very little correlation in their self-reported attitudes and their attitude relevant behaviors.
