[PS271] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 16 pages long Study Guide!
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Parsimonious: frugal to the point of stinginess; sparing; thrifty; restrained. Relation: social scientists have worked for more than 100 years to go down to 100 adjective to describe behavior of an individual. Narrow down many different adjectives into small categories. Big 5: five dimensions of personality self report data is more accurate when they know the researcher or tester does not know who they are. Data sources: indirect, friend/other, observation by researcher (source: data type = close ended responses (t/f) ; open ended ; observation. Analyzing with adjectives testbank e. g. person who bought and sold testbanks: dishonest. Group of individuals who saw it, did not buy it, decided collectively they would bring justice: anxious, honest. Nomothetic (cid:858)nom(cid:859) = law in greek (cid:858)norm(cid:859) = universal laws or norms. Catell 16: was looki(cid:374)g for u(cid:374)i(cid:448)ersal la(cid:449)s that all 16 of these di(cid:373)e(cid:374)sio(cid:374)s (cid:272)ould a(cid:272)(cid:272)ou(cid:374)t for e(cid:448)eryo(cid:374)e(cid:859)s perso(cid:374)ality, accounts for everybody. Individual (cid:858)id(cid:859) reports only on an individual level or individual characteristics.
