PSY 393 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Narcissism, Extraversion And Introversion, Discriminant Validity
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Interview others/informants: reputation matters because others" opinions affect ones" opportunities/expectations, people become what others expect them to be expectancy effect (behavioral confirmation, limited behavioral info, people live in a series of separate compartments (home, work, school, party-life) Each compartment has different people: people are different in different environments. Coworker may see you 40hrs/week, but not at home/club/church. Life outcomes: data from life that may tell us about personality. Observe and measure (test) behavior objectively in a specified context: natural setting (natural b data) Stalking someone, see how many times they fought/cried/spoke to strangers. Researcher-observer: hybrid b data combo of self-reports and observations (most common, experimental b contrived (manipulated, made-up) settings. Testing person"s reaction to a controlled situation (fire, flood, thief) S data: self- judgments: large amounts of info. Not telling purposely: access to thoughts, feelings, intentions. Not being able to tell: true by definition (i. e. self-esteem, causal force (self-verification) (fish-and-water effect), lack of insight, information distorted, inadequate memory, simple, easy.
