PSYCH 338 Midterm: Chapter 2 Revision Sheet

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 338
• Professor: Doug Brown

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Trait: characteristics behaviours & feelings that are consistent and long lasting. State: te(cid:373)porary (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iour or feeli(cid:374)gs that depe(cid:374)d o(cid:374) a perso(cid:374)"s situatio(cid:374) and motives at a particular time. Evaluated based on responses and it is seen as a common approach. Hard to measure thoughts therefore we come up with a test that follows a standard procedure. A variance of high, low and mid scores whereas people tend to get average. Valid predi(cid:272)ts sth you"re looking for: example: Highly anxious ppl act in a nervous way. & feelings onto ambiguous stimuli and unconsciously reveal the type of person they are. What you see in the picture reflects the person that you are. A set of symmetrical ink blots and presented to the subject and are asked to describe what they suggest. To re(cid:448)eal a perso(cid:374)"s so(cid:272)ial drives/need by their interpretation of a series of pictures of emotionally ambiguous situations by coming up with a story.