PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Explanatory Style, Myers–Briggs Type Indicator, Social Desirability Bias
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Distinctive set of consistent traits: distinctive individual differences, consistent across time and situations. Neuroticism (negative emotionality: emotional reactivity, calm vs. anxious, secure vs. insecure. Extraversion (positive emotionality: introverted vs. extraverted, sociable vs. retiring, affectionate vs. reserved. Openness to experience: close-minded vs. open-minded, imaginative vs. practical. Agreeableness: feelings towards others, soft-hearted vs. ruthless, trusting vs. suspicious. Conscientiousness: organized vs. disorganized, careful vs. careless. Self-report inventories: ten-item personality inventory (tipi) Scores on five trait dimensions: weaknesses: Response sets: give the same answer or pattern of answers for each question when there are a lot of questions. Deliberate deception (faking good or faking bad: strengths: Empirical data on reliability and validity (same test, assesses what it claims) Projective tests: your personality comes out, all involve ambiguous stimuli, such as: Instructions: look at this picture and tell a story. Help me to see it the way you do. : assumption: responses to ambiguous stimuli are determined by personality traits, weaknesses:
