PSYA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Demon, Social Desirability Bias, Factor Analysis
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F-scale (frequency scale): (high rates of "true" responses can indicate severe psychopathology or over-reporting [saying yes to everything without thinking, simply to get through the test]). L-scale (lie scale): (high rates of "false" responses might indicate lying, particularly to enhance their social desirability). "once in awhile i think about things that are too bad to talk about. " Funny: the list is practically infinite because there are so many, but there needs to be a better theory, researchers use factor analysis to reduce this list to the lowest possible set of traits. Suspicious: words like "softhearted" and "trusting" are positively correlated, while "ruthless" and. Individuals" levels on the big five tend to increase slightly throughout the lifespan: personalities get stronger as we age, and we become more describable as one sole personality, we are not as "average" as we get older.
