PSYA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Takers, Agreeableness, Psychoanalytic Theory
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Test taker may not know everything about herself. These are sets of questions that attempt to mitigate bias. F-scale (high rates of true responses can indicate severe psychopathology or over-reporting) There is something wrong with my mind. Lie-scale examples (high rates of false responses may indicate lying) Once in a while i think about things that are too bad to talk about. ?-scale (high rates of i don"t know may indicate an invalid test) Aside from measuring personality, personality psychologists also attempt to describe and explain personality. A number of theories have emerged to help us with this task. We"re going to cover ve of them in this chapter. The trait approach to personality attempts to describe personalities as a series of traits. A relatively stable disposition to behave in a particular and consistent way. For example, all of the following adjectives are highly correlated (positively or negatively) in the population:
