PS101 Lecture Notes - Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, Theophrastus, Extraversion And Introversion
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November 13: gender, height reference, emotional variables, cognitive, we have labels . Theophrastus wrote about different characters to try to describe individual differences. Labels he used, we can"t use now (eg, the flatterer, the coward) early on people were already catergorizing people: personality, (def. ) Note other behaviors appearance, speech patterns etc: drawbacks. Characteristics of interviewer can affect answers (because of the way they are eg, miss happy vs eeyore) Dependence on co-operation honesty of interviewee (we can lie: behavioral assessment. Aim is not solely to describe" behavior: specific behavior, frequency, specific situations, under what conditions. Interjudge reliability: high level of agreement among observers, personality scales. Objective measures: use standard questions & agreed upon scoring key. Advantage: collect large amount of data. Disadvantage: validity of answers (truthfully answered?, validity scales, personality scales items, trait theories. Concern have to identify what are the underlying traits that describe people.
