PSYC 287 Lecture 5: PSYCH287 Ch.5

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VideoQuestions:

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● Whatistheinterestingthingthatwedoknowaboutthesourceofheroism?

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● Heroismisabouttheonethingwhatistheonething?What’sthekey?

○ concernfordefendingamoralcauseknowingthere’sapersonalrisk

● HowdoesZthinkthatheroismstarts?

○ Imaginationstartinganetwork

● Whoaretherepeopleweneedtofocuson?Why?

○ thepeoplewhostayneutralthey’reworsethantheperpetrators

● Whatdoesaherolooklike?

○ themostordinarypersonintheworld

ClickerQ’s

● Thepersonsituationdebate:

○ wasbasedonthefindingthatpeoplearesomewhatinconsistentacross

time

● Andrealikestodrawpictures,enjoyssolvingmathproblems,andbuildingthings.

Herchoicetobecomearchitecturemajorbestdemonstrates:

○ situationalselection

● Thetraitapproachproposesthat:

○ personalitymattersbecauseitaffectsandpredictsimportantlife

outcomes,smalleffectsonbehaviorthataddupovertime,andisbetter

forexplaininghowpeoplebehaveingeneralthanaresituations

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PersonalityAssessment1:PersonalityTestinganditsConsequences

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● TheNatureofPersonalityAssessment

○ morethanjustmeasuringtraits

○ personalitydefined

■ anycharacteristicpatternofbehavior,thought,oremotionalexperience

thatexhibitsrelativeconsistencyacrosstimeandsituations

■ alsomotives,intentions,goals,moods,strategies,andhowpeople

perceiveandconstructtheworld

○ frequentlyusedbypsychologists

○ notrestrictedtopsychologists

■ “howdidyoudecidewhomtohaveasaroommate?

■ “howdidyoudecidewhichfreetimeactivitiestodo?

■ moreimportantthanthosemadebypsychology

○ mostimportanttoknowabouttest:degreetowhichthejudgmentortestisright

orwrong

■ professionaljudgmentsortests:validity

■ ametuerjudgments:accuracy

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○ twobasiccriteria:

■ agreement

■ prediction

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● PersonalityTests:

○ omnibusinventoriesvsonetraitmeasures

■ mosttestsprovideSdata

● Big5

○ sometestsprovideBdata

■ MinnesotaMultiphasicPersonalityInventory(MMPI)

■ ImplicitAssociationTest(IAT)

■ Intelligence

● OthertestscombineSandBdata

○ BDatapersonalitytests:

■ performancebasedorprojectivetests

■ usefulwhencan’tuseSdata

● Intelligencetest:“areyousmart?”

● unconsciousresponsescan’tbereported

■ Bdata:whenyoudon’tcareabouttheanswerperse,butwhatit

suggests

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