PSYC37H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Standard Deviation, Histogram, Psychological Testing
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Based on one of the most well-validated and extensively studied models of normal personality functioning. Neuroticism - likelihood to experience negative emotions, high scores are worse to have. Extraversion - like social interactions, favour being social. Openness to experience - trying new things, flexible to your ideas. Conscientiousness - how diligent are you, are you going to get your work done on time? are you going to meet deadlines. Scores range from 1(disagree strongly) to 5 (agree strongly) Raw scores in isolation are absolutely meaningless that compares to other tests where a raw score can be meaningful. Become meaningful in relation (when you compare) to norms [compare score to a healthy person/ average ] Recall: norm-referenced tests - the way we interpret scores is based on how the normal person does, if it isn"t a norm test then it would be a criterion test (when you meet all the criteria)
