PSYC 305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Extraversion And Introversion, Open Data Protocol
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Psyc 305 lecture 2 getting organized and classified. What is a person"s level of extraversion: explanatory research: Used to discover relationships between traits or between personality and other phenomena. Descriptive research: sources of personality data: self-reports (surveys) s-data: Information provided by a person, through a survey or interview. Individuals have access to a wealth of information about themselves that is inaccessible to anyone else. Information provided by someone else about another person. Provides access to information not attainable through other sources. Multiple observers can be used to assess a person. Professional assessors vs. friends and family: test-data t-data: Information provided by standardized tests or testing situations. To see if different people behave differently in identical situations. The situation is designed to elicit behaviors that serve as indicators of personality/psychology. Elicited behavior is scored without reliance on inference. Examining who takes leadership role in different conditions. Measuring intelligence: life history/life-outcome data l-data:
