PSYC 4470 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Plethysmograph, Libido, Exista
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Self-reports can be collected through paper questionnaires, interviews, etc. The key to measuring this is reaction time; we react quickly to 2 concepts that we associate. People have an implicit association between math and males. Genital measures assess arousal via devices that measure erection in males and vaginal. Another behavioral measure is eye-tracking a device measures the participant"s point of gaze. Another behavioral measure is police reports (to study sexual assault/rape); the problem with this. Many methods of measurement are available, including self-reports, behavioral measures, implicit measures, and biological measures. The most common method for measuring sexuality is self-reports, in which participants answer questions about themselves. ; they look at the breasts/ waist). is that it detects only cases reported to the police, and most rape cases go unreported. One implicit measure is the implicit association test (iat), which studies implicit stereotypes, or a person"s strength of association between different pairs of concepts. strongly (people cannot fake this).
