PS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Fundamental Attribution Error, Theophrastus, Situation Two
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Theophrastus wrote about different characters to try to describe individual differences. Distincive and relatively enduring ways of thinking, feeling and acting that characterize a person"s. The fundamental attribution error: my behaviour is situation, other"s behaviour is driven by traits. Measuring personality can be tedious because it is often subjective. Personality scales items interjudge reliability: a high level of agreement among observers is required structured set of standardized questions. Use standard questions and agreed upon scoring key. Based on theoretical conception of trait issue: have to identify what are the underlying traits that describe people. Idea that we accept that there is a personality trait, we don"t know how many there are. Developed a method that determined how many traits there are. Inherently related to correlation: the inverse of correlation. Research gave way to more modern tests with fewer traits. Based on responses by "normals" and psychiatric patients.
