PSYC 2130 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Malingering, Face Validity, Personality Test
8 Oct 2014
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Four kinds of clues : s, i, l, b data: s data = self-judgments: ask the person directly. Face validity (are we measuring what we intend to measure?) Simple, easy, a lot of information provided (e. g. , malingering, what are motivations for assessment?) consistent aspects of personality are no longer noticed, unexpected things stick out. Provide correlational data: i data = judgments by others, ask at least 2 informants (more if possible) who know the person well. Friends, family, acquaintances: subjective and judgmental. Informant interprets the behavior for you: others know things you can"t know about yourself (e. g. , are you charming?) expectancy effect/behavioral confirmation. Others can never know our innermost thoughts and feelings: we all have secrets. Human judgment error: we can"t remember everything. People tend to over-- value unexpected of extreme events and allow them to cloud judgments. (e. g. , archival records such as police reports) Multi determinism: influenced by many variables, not just the psychological.
