PSYA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Desirability Bias, Factor Analysis, Heritability
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Personality = description of a person"s behaviour, thoughts, and feelings. In this lecture: more focus on its stability over the lifespan. Mmpi true/false/can"t answer questions to avoid indecision, many questions to induce. Criticisms of personality inventories: descriptions are often very broad and can apply to fatigue/force the answers to be more instinctive most people, bias (both from the person giving the test and the person taking the test) Describe the trait approach to studying personality. List the big five personality dimensions + give examples. Discuss evidence re: heritability of personality traits; genes and environment. Describe trajectory of change in personality traits across the lifespan. Discuss cultural and biological influences on personality. Sets of questions not designed to measure personality; mitigate bias. Look like personality test but not scored for that; trick questions. Trying to figure out if the test taker is being honest. F-scale high rates of true responses can indicate severe psychopathology or over-reporting.
